Doctorate in Contemporary History

The aim of this Doctoral Programme is to train in research applied to Contemporary History. It is a highly-skilled interuniversity programme that is implemented jointly by seven universities: Autonomous University of Madrid; University of Cantabria; Complutense University of Madrid; University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea; University of Santiago de Compostela; University of Valencia; and the University of Zaragoza.

Its highly qualified and experienced teaching staff enable it to offer doctoral theses on varied aspects of Contemporary History, which can be applied to different geographical areas: Social change and economic transformations; the State and public space; history of international relations; historiography and politics of memory; identities, nation and nationalism; rural societies and urban societies, to name but a few.