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Free Online Training from the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community
From September the IHR’s Centre for the History of People Place and Community will run four free online training seminars, supporting skills for those working in local history.
Teaching British Histories of Race, Migration and Empire: a resource for teachers and learners
In August 2020 the IHR, working with the Runnymede Trust and other partners, launches an online guide to Teaching Histories of Race, Migration and Empire. The resource brings together content suggested by you for teachers and learners.
What’s trending in new historical writing? Four perspectives from the Bibliography of British and Irish History
The Summer 2020 update of the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) adds records of 4200 recent publications. Here we spot some trends from this new historical writing, including histories of celebrity and the ‘animal turn’.
Spotlight
The IHR: new & necessary responses to the current crisis
The COVID-19 crisis is having profound effects on the research infrastructure. This is especially so for early researchers. Here Jo Fox sets out the IHR’s response and its new priorities for 2020.
Features & Articles
Teaching British Histories of Race, Migration and Empire: a resource for teachers and learners
In August 2020 the IHR, working with the Runnymede Trust and other partners, launches an online guide to Teaching Histories of Race, Migration and Empire. The resource brings together content suggested by you for teachers and learners.
What’s trending in new historical writing? Four perspectives from the Bibliography of British and Irish History
The Summer 2020 update of the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) adds records of 4200 recent publications. Here we spot some trends from this new historical writing, including histories of celebrity and the ‘animal turn’.
BHO theses completed: making the data available
In June we added records of 30,000 History PhDs (1901-2014) to British History Online. We’ve now made the underlying XML data available. In this post Jonathan Blaney explains how to search and use the data to explore 20th and 21st century research trends at scale.
The Bibliography of British and Irish History: a guide to online teaching and student research
With History teaching now online, how can the Bibliography of British and Irish History help lecturers and students? In this joint post with the Royal Historical Society, we offer three key uses of BBIH at this time.
Publications News
Free Online Training from the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community
From September the IHR’s Centre for the History of People Place and Community will run four free online training seminars, supporting skills for those working in local history.
Latest books from Reviews in History
The latest summary of books included in the IHR’s ‘Reviews in History’ service, including studies on Peterloo, Renaissance art crime, and a curious and illuminating story of eighteenth-century rabbit breeding.
New from the Victoria County History of Herefordshire: Colwall
The latest VCH Short, now published, explores the history of Colwall in Herefordshire. It’s the third Short title for the county, from the VCH Herefordshire and published by University of London Press.
Polesworth abbey (Warws.) and the Marmion lord of Tamworth castle
In this post Nigel Tringham writes about the research for his new ‘Historical Research’ article, published in June 2020. As Nigel explains, founding a a monastic house in middle ages could be a complicated affair.
Research & Resources News
Free Online Training from the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community
From September the IHR’s Centre for the History of People Place and Community will run four free online training seminars, supporting skills for those working in local history.
What’s trending in new historical writing? Four perspectives from the Bibliography of British and Irish History
The Summer 2020 update of the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) adds records of 4200 recent publications. Here we spot some trends from this new historical writing, including histories of celebrity and the ‘animal turn’.
BHO theses completed: making the data available
In June we added records of 30,000 History PhDs (1901-2014) to British History Online. We’ve now made the underlying XML data available. In this post Jonathan Blaney explains how to search and use the data to explore 20th and 21st century research trends at scale.
The Bibliography of British and Irish History: a guide to online teaching and student research
With History teaching now online, how can the Bibliography of British and Irish History help lecturers and students? In this joint post with the Royal Historical Society, we offer three key uses of BBIH at this time.