Sussex is well-situated for accessing an extraordinary range of resources and documentary materials.The Keep, a world-class archival centre on our doorstep is home to the German-Jewish archives, the papers of Rudyard Kipling and Leonard Woolf, and the Mass Observation Archive, an unparalleled resource for the study of modern British history.Sussex also has easy access to the British Library and National Archives in London. Areas of studyWe combine a long tradition in a field of scholarship pioneered at Sussex with a commitment to fostering new and emerging fields of inquiry. Core supervisory expertise is offered in the following:all aspects of 20th-century British historythe history of the United Statestrans-national and comparative histories of racegender historythe histories of youth and popular culturethe impact of war in the modern worldGerman-Jewish historythe history of emotion. We particularly welcome outstanding applications that reflect Sussex’s distinctive interdisciplinary and comparative approach to historical research.You can choose to study for a PhD or an MPhil. PhD and MPhil degrees differ in duration and in the extent of your research work.For a PhD, your research work makes a substantial original contribution to knowledge or understanding in your chosen field.For an MPhil, your work is an independent piece of research but in less depth than for a PhD. You’ll graduate with the degree title Master of Philosophy. You might be able to change to a PhD while you study for an MPhil.