History – discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented (the beginning of recorded history).
Archaeology – study of past human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data
Archontology – study of historical offices and important positions in state, international, political, religious and other organizations and societies
Art history – study of changes in and social context of art
Chronology – locating events in time
Cultural history – study of culture in the past
Diplomatic history – study of the historical foreign policy and diplomacy of states
History of science – study of the emergence and development of scientific inquiry
Economic history – the study of economics in the past
Environmental history – study of natural history and the human relationship with the natural world
Futurology – study of the future: researches the medium to long-term future of societies and of the physical world
Historiography – both the study of the methodology of historians and development of history as a discipline, and also to a body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians have studied that topic using particular sources, techniques, and theoretical approaches.
Intellectual history
History painting – painting of works of art having historical motifs or depicting great events
Military history – study of warfare and wars in history
Naval history – branch of military history devoted to warfare at sea or in bodies of water
Paleography – study of ancient texts
Philosophy of history –
Political history – study of past political events, ideas, movements, and leaders
Public history – presentation of history to public audiences and other areas typically outside academia
Psychohistory – study of the psychological motivations of historical events
Social history – study of societies and social trends in the past
Universal history – study of trends and dynamics in world history
Urban history – historical nature of cities and towns, and the process of urbanization
Women's history – study of the roles of women throughout history
World history – study of global or transnational historical patterns
