Faculty of History, University of Oxford

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academic department university faculty

The Faculty of History at the University of Oxford is a leading academic department renowned for its extensive research and teaching across a wide range of historical periods and themes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Faculty of History, University of Oxford canonical	5
Faculty of Modern History, University of Oxford	1
University of Oxford Faculty of History	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8351772 — 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: Faculty of History, University of Oxford
Context triple: [Martin Conway (historian), affiliation, Faculty of History, University of Oxford]

A. Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
The Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic department renowned for its wide-ranging historical research and teaching, spanning periods from ancient to contemporary history.
B. University of Oxford Humanities Division
The University of Oxford Humanities Division is the administrative body overseeing Oxford’s humanities faculties and departments, including disciplines such as history, languages, philosophy, theology, and the arts.
C. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
The Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford is one of the world’s leading centers for philosophical research and teaching, renowned for its breadth of specializations and distinguished academic staff.
D. University of Oxford Faculty of Classics
The University of Oxford Faculty of Classics is a leading academic department dedicated to the study and research of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, including their languages, literature, history, philosophy, and material culture.
E. UCL Department of History
The UCL Department of History is a leading academic department at University College London known for its wide-ranging historical research and teaching spanning multiple periods, regions, and approaches.
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: Faculty of History, University of Oxford
Target entity description: The Faculty of History at the University of Oxford is a leading academic department renowned for its extensive research and teaching across a wide range of historical periods and themes.

A. Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
The Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic department renowned for its wide-ranging historical research and teaching, spanning periods from ancient to contemporary history.
B. University of Oxford Humanities Division
The University of Oxford Humanities Division is the administrative body overseeing Oxford’s humanities faculties and departments, including disciplines such as history, languages, philosophy, theology, and the arts.
C. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
The Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford is one of the world’s leading centers for philosophical research and teaching, renowned for its breadth of specializations and distinguished academic staff.
D. University of Oxford Faculty of Classics
The University of Oxford Faculty of Classics is a leading academic department dedicated to the study and research of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, including their languages, literature, history, philosophy, and material culture.
E. UCL Department of History
The UCL Department of History is a leading academic department at University College London known for its wide-ranging historical research and teaching spanning multiple periods, regions, and approaches.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic department ⓘ university faculty ⓘ
affiliatedWith	Oxford colleges ⓘ
associatedWith	Bodleian Libraries ⓘ linked to: Bodleian Library Oxford University Press ⓘ
collaboratesWith	international universities ⓘ other faculties of the University of Oxford ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
employs	lecturers in history ⓘ postdoctoral researchers in history ⓘ professors of history ⓘ research fellows in history ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	history ⓘ
governingBodyOf	history curriculum at the University of Oxford ⓘ
hasUnit	administrative offices ⓘ research centres in history ⓘ subject groups in history ⓘ
hosts	conferences in history ⓘ public lectures in history ⓘ seminars in history ⓘ
knownFor	historical research ⓘ teaching excellence in history ⓘ wide range of historical periods and themes ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Oxford ⓘ
offersProgram	DPhil in history ⓘ graduate degree in history ⓘ master’s degree in history ⓘ undergraduate degree in history ⓘ
partOf	University of Oxford ⓘ
researchArea	ancient history ⓘ cultural history ⓘ early modern history ⓘ economic history ⓘ global history ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ history of medicine ⓘ history of science ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ medieval history ⓘ modern history ⓘ political history ⓘ social history ⓘ
supervises	doctoral research in history ⓘ
website	https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Martin Conway (historian) → affiliation → Faculty of History, University of Oxford ⓘ

Chichele Professorships → associatedWith → Faculty of History, University of Oxford ⓘ

University of Oxford Humanities Division → oversees → Faculty of History, University of Oxford ⓘ

University of Oxford Humanities Division → oversees → Faculty of Modern History, University of Oxford ⓘ

linked to: Faculty of History, University of Oxford

Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford → isPositionIn → Faculty of History, University of Oxford ⓘ

Chichele Professor of the History of War → associatedAcademicBody → Faculty of History, University of Oxford ⓘ

Chichele Professor of Medieval History → partOf → University of Oxford Faculty of History ⓘ