Oral History Spring School

This year’s Oral History Spring School is almost upon us, and offers a unique chance to spend three days getting stuck into some in-depth discussions about oral history theory. Professor Paul Thompson will be starting off with discussion of oral history worldwide,...

Local History Summer School

This post has kindly been written for us by Professor Richard Hoyle, Director and General Editor of the Victoria County History. One thing which is pretty certain is that everyone who attends this year’s local history conference sponsored by the IHR and VCH lived...

Using Film as a Source – IHR Research Guides

This post has kindly been written for us by Dr Sian Barber, author of Using Film as a Source (MUP, 2015), the first in the IHR Research Guides Series. What is the value of studying film? How can feature films tell us anything about the time in which they are made? Why...

Oral History Spring School

We’re gearing up for this year’s Oral History Spring School: a unique chance to spend three days getting stuck into some in-depth discussions about oral history. We’re especially excited this year to have Professor Paul Thompson starting off with discussion of oral...

An Introduction to Visual Sources

This post has kindly been written for us by the course tutor, Dr Lynne Walker Historical researchers are often drawn to material and visual culture but can feel out of their comfort zone when confronted with archives which include images and ‘things’ rather than...