历史是皇后区一个充满活力且不断发展的研究领域，最近的任命增加了我们在公共历史，宗教史，现代爱尔兰，现代英国，现代欧洲，美国和20世纪欧洲的实力。历史与皇后大学爱尔兰研究所以及爱尔兰，英国和其他国家的其他大学（包括波士顿学院，范德比尔特大学和乔治华盛顿大学）开展了许多合作研究计划。Queen成为AHRC北桥合作组织（与达勒姆大学和纽卡斯尔大学）合作的一部分，因此有机会与这三个机构的工作人员进行共同指导的博士工作。
History at Queen's is the largest group of historians at any university on the island of Ireland. It is a dynamic research area, with strengths in ancient, medieval, early modern and modern periods, across a wide geographical area that includes Ireland, Britain, Europe, the United States, Africa and Asia. We specialise in oral history, gender and women's history, urban history, public history, religious history political history, and the history of race. As a History PhD candidate, you will engage in original research in a historical subject of your choice, supervised by our internationally recognised scholars. With Queen's being part of the AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium(with Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland, Teeside and Ulster Universities), there are opportunities for co-supervised doctoral work with staff at these institutions.