Possible history research topics
Here are some examples of possible historical research topics. Only use these to guide your thinking and practice in defining and selecting the topic, making it workable as a valid historical research topic.
Examples of suitable research projects
- The Australian legend – Beyond Gallipoli
- The Indian Mutiny
- Pearl Harbor – Looking in the wrong direction?
- Archaeology and the holocaust
- Using forensic investigations in history
- Was Bronze Age Thera Atlantis?
- Henry Reynolds and Keith Windshuttle – Evaluating historians’ methodologies
- Tobruk – personal histories of the ‘Rats’
- An evaluation of museums and ’historical’ exhibitions as representations of history
- The Space Race – Is it possible for historians to gain a true understanding of history?
- Stalin: The myth
- Ned Kelly and the Jerilderie Letter
- Eureka Stockade – A revisionist approach
- Rescuing the Sphinx – Problems in conserving history
- Travel writing as social history
- Was Suleiman really ‘the Magnificent’?
- The 1980 ‘Boycott’ Olympics – The Australian view
- Government intervention in Aboriginal communities – A history
- The Vichy Syndrome – History and memory
- The Iraq wars – Justified or not?
- 9/11 – The historical consequences
- Evaluating the relevance of virtual historical sites
Remember that this a starting point. You will probably identify your own topic based on your interests and the investigation criteria.