Department of History
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The Department of History at Lancaster University is an academic unit specializing in historical research and teaching within the broader Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of History canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12858392 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of History Context triple: [Lancaster University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, hasPart, Department of History]
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Department of History
The Department of History at Savitribai Phule Pune University is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in historical studies, particularly focusing on Indian and regional history.
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Department of History
The Department of History is an academic unit at Osaka University's School of Letters dedicated to the research and teaching of historical studies.
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Department of History
The Department of History at Punjabi University, Patiala is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in historical studies, with a focus on regional, national, and global history.
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Department of History
The Department of History is an academic unit at Rabindra Bharati University dedicated to teaching and research in historical studies.
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Department of History
The Department of History at the National University of Singapore is a leading academic unit within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, specializing in the research and teaching of historical developments in Singapore, Asia, and the wider world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of History Target entity description: The Department of History at Lancaster University is an academic unit specializing in historical research and teaching within the broader Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
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Department of History
The Department of History is an academic unit dedicated to researching and teaching past events, societies, and cultures within the broader field of the humanities and social sciences.
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Department of History
The Department of History at the University of Glasgow is an academic unit within the College of Arts that focuses on teaching and research in historical studies across a range of periods and regions.
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Department of History
The Department of History is an academic unit within Ain Shams University's Faculty of Arts that focuses on teaching and researching historical events, societies, and cultures across different periods and regions.
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Department of History
The Department of History at Punjabi University, Patiala is an academic unit dedicated to teaching and research in historical studies, with a focus on regional, national, and global history.
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Department of History
The Department of History at the National University of Singapore is a leading academic unit within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, specializing in the research and teaching of historical developments in Singapore, Asia, and the wider world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
ⓘ
university department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | history ⓘ |
| affiliation | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lancaster University ⓘ |
| campus |
Bailrigg campus, Lancaster University
ⓘ
linked to:
Bailrigg campus
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educationLevel | tertiary education ⓘ |
| employer | history academics ⓘ |
| employs |
lecturers in history
ⓘ
professors of history ⓘ research staff in history ⓘ |
| field | history ⓘ |
| focus |
historical scholarship
ⓘ
training historians ⓘ |
| hasUnit |
history research groups
ⓘ
taught degree programmes in history ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Lancaster, England ⓘ |
| offers |
postgraduate programmes in history
ⓘ
research degrees in history ⓘ undergraduate programmes in history ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Lancaster University ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lancaster University
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Lancaster University ⓘ |
| regionServed | North West England ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
historical research
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history teaching ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitution | public university department ⓘ |
| website | https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/history/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Department of History Description of subject: The Department of History at Lancaster University is an academic unit specializing in historical research and teaching within the broader Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Referenced by (1)
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