Live Stream – The Programming Historian (15 October 2013, 5.15pm)

This year the Digital History seminar will again be streaming live over the internet.  The first of these will be this coming Tuesday (15 October) when long-time attendee Adam Crymble (King’s College London) will be discussing his doctorate study.  Please feel...

Asa Briggs Conference

Asa Briggs Conference19 May 2011Various speakers  Asa Briggs, British historian and author of a trilogy of books on Victorian life was 90 years old two years ago.  To mark the occasion the IHR (which also shared its birthday with Lord Briggs) held a one day...

Hitchcock’s Underground

Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013David PikeHitchcock’s Underground18 January 2013 Abstract: “Hitchcock’s Underground” studies the fascinating intersection between one of cinema’s foremost directors and perhaps London’s most frequently filmed...

Quantifying the Language of British Politics, 1880-1914

Digital History seminar23 October 2012Luke Blaxill (King’s College London)Quantifying the Language of British Politics, 1880-1914Abstract: This paper explores the power, potential, and challenges of studying historical political speeches using a specially constructed...