17 verified history scholarships & phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now, concentrated in Netherlands and United Kingdom. The soonest deadline is 31 October 2026 — closing-soon entries are flagged in the list. Hosted by Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies and EPS Consortium (Charles University). Listings are re-verified daily against official sources.
University of Kent · United Kingdom
Kent’s AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards support new doctoral researchers in eligible arts, humanities and related subjects. International recipients receive a waiver of the overseas tuition fee difference.
Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies · Iceland
The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies offers a scholarship for international students and scholars of Icelandic — language, literature and history — to support a research stay in Reykjavík. The institute publishes the annual call and its closing date on the scholarship page.
Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies · Germany
BerGSAS offers 3 predoc scholarships at Freie Universität Berlin in Ancient Studies. EUR 1,000/month for up to 6 months starting 1 March 2027. For doctoral preparation and external funding applications. Deadline: 1 Dec 2026. The 00:00 CET cutoff is at the beginning of 1 December, not the end of that day.
EPS Consortium (Charles University) · Czech Republic
The European Politics and Society (EPS) Václav Havel master is a two-year Erasmus Mundus programme starting in Prague and continuing through partner universities such as Leiden, Kraków and Vienna. For the 2027/28 intake applications open on 1 November 2026, with an early-bird deadline of 28 February 2027 for scholarship candidates and a regular round until 30 April 2027. Prior English-medium study is accepted as English proficiency evidence - a new test certificate is not always needed.
University of Leeds · United Kingdom
The University of Leeds, as part of the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership, offers a range of social science PhD studentships for 2027/28 entry. Open to UK and international applicants. Covers fees at UKRI rates plus a maintenance grant of £21,805 (2026/27 rate). Multiple award types available: +3.5, +3.75, and 1+3.5. Deadline: 20 January 2027.
European University Institute · Italy
EUI Special Doctoral Fellowships 2027: named fellowships (Adam Smith, Burckhardt, Kelsen, Arendt) funding PhD study in Florence with a EUR 1,650 monthly grant. Deadline 15 January 2027 (14:00 CET).
FilmMemory Consortium · Belgium
FilmMemory trains film curators, archivists and memory scholars across a Belgian-led consortium with strong links to cinematheques and archives. The consortium publishes each year's call on its Call for Applicants page, where the closing date and scholarship information are posted.
The Yenching Academy provides fully funded Master's fellowships in China Studies at Peking University for outstanding international students.
Georg Eckert Institute (GEI) · Germany
The Georg Arnhold Program at the Georg Eckert Institute (GEI) funds international research on education for sustainable peace, offering senior and early-career fellowships in Braunschweig, Germany. Each year's call, with its application window and award tracks, is published on the GEI application page.
Herzog August Bibliothek · Germany
HAB Research Fellowship 2028 offers Post-doc (6-10 months, €2,200/month) and Short-term (1-3 months, €1,800/month) fellowships. Funded by State of Lower Saxony. Deadline: 31 Jan 2027.
Leiden University · Netherlands
Leiden University advertises a combined lecturer-PhD candidate (docent-promovendus) position in German language and culture. The appointment runs for five years and combines 75 percent doctoral research with 25 percent teaching within the German language and culture programme of Leiden's Faculty of Humanities. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Radboud University · Netherlands
Radboud University invites applications for a PhD position on Decolonising Reparations, part of an NWO-funded research project. The project works with Indo and Indonesian communities to critically examine histories of colonial violence and the politics of repair, using participatory and creative methods to explore what reparations can mean beyond financial settlements - including acknowledgement, memory, restitution and institutional change.
University of Amsterdam · Netherlands
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) advertises a PhD position in political science on militarization and democratic erosion in Latin America. The project examines how the expanding role of armed forces in public life - from public security to infrastructure and emergency governance - interacts with the quality of democratic institutions across Latin American countries, combining comparative analysis, country cases and where relevant quantitative measures of militarization and democratic performance.
Utrecht University · Netherlands
Utrecht University invites applications for a PhD position reconstructing the historic landscape developments of Zeeland, the Dutch delta province shaped by centuries of floods, land reclamation and coastal engineering. The project integrates historical-geographical sources, cartographic material and landscape data to reconstruct how Zeeland's land and water systems evolved over the centuries.
ReD Global Consortium (University of Coimbra) · Portugal
ReD Global is a two-year Erasmus Mundus master on religious diversity in a globalised world, coordinated from the University of Coimbra with Groningen and other partners. Applications for the Erasmus Mundus scholarship round run from October to mid-January each year, with the mid-January date the practical cut-off.
Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) · Luxembourg
The C²DH offers a two-month short-term fellowship for a scholar at risk in 2027. Includes monthly reimbursement of EUR 1,200 for accommodation and EUR 1,800 for daily costs. Open to scholars facing direct risk or conflict in their home country. Deadline: 31 October 2026.
University of Nottingham · United Kingdom
Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities at the University of Nottingham, funded by The Wolfson Foundation, for doctoral (PhD) study in history, literature and languages starting in 2027/28. Awards cover tuition fees and a stipend of £28,250 per year. Deadline: 19 January 2027.