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Institute of Historical Research
Latest posts
Environment & History: call for posts to new IHR blog series
The IHR is commissioning a short series of blog posts on the theme of ‘Environment & History’ and on the intersection of environment histories with contemporary debates and policy formation. If you research in this field, and would like to be considered, please get in touch. We’re especially keen to hear from early career researchers.
Applied Public History: Places, People, Stories. A new IHR MOOC
On 12 October, the IHR launches its first ever MOOC: ‘Applied Public History: Places, People, Stories’. Here Professor Catherine Clarke introduces the MOOC (a ‘Massive Open Online Course’) and invites you to get involved.
Reviews in History: call to join our editorial advisory board
‘Reviews in History’, the IHR’s academic reviews service, is looking to extend its editorial advisory network: if you’d like to share your expertise and recommendations for new History books and publishing, then please do get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.
Spotlight
IHR resources for research and teaching in Black History
At the start of the UK’s Black History Month, 2020, this post offers a listing of forthcoming events and resources recently gathered by the IHR to assist in the study and research of Black History, and histories of race, migration and empire, in the UK and beyond.
Features & Articles
Environment & History: call for posts to new IHR blog series
The IHR is commissioning a short series of blog posts on the theme of ‘Environment & History’ and on the intersection of environment histories with contemporary debates and policy formation. If you research in this field, and would like to be considered, please get in touch. We’re especially keen to hear from early career researchers.
Applied Public History: Places, People, Stories. A new IHR MOOC
On 12 October, the IHR launches its first ever MOOC: ‘Applied Public History: Places, People, Stories’. Here Professor Catherine Clarke introduces the MOOC (a ‘Massive Open Online Course’) and invites you to get involved.
Reviews in History: call to join our editorial advisory board
‘Reviews in History’, the IHR’s academic reviews service, is looking to extend its editorial advisory network: if you’d like to share your expertise and recommendations for new History books and publishing, then please do get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.
Bibliography of British and Irish History: October 2020 update adds records of 4425 recent publications
The October 2020 update of BBIH – the IHR’s ‘Bibliography of British and Irish History’ – is now available. The new update adds detailed records of 4425 recent publications on the British and Irish pasts and British world history.
Publications News
Environment & History: call for posts to new IHR blog series
The IHR is commissioning a short series of blog posts on the theme of ‘Environment & History’ and on the intersection of environment histories with contemporary debates and policy formation. If you research in this field, and would like to be considered, please get in touch. We’re especially keen to hear from early career researchers.
Reviews in History: call to join our editorial advisory board
‘Reviews in History’, the IHR’s academic reviews service, is looking to extend its editorial advisory network: if you’d like to share your expertise and recommendations for new History books and publishing, then please do get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.
Seeing and understanding fascism: historical lessons from mid-century Spain
In this post, Dr Matthew Kerry introduces his new book, ‘Unite, Proletarian Brothers!. Radicalism and Insurrection in the Spanish Second Republic’, published in the IHR and RHS ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series. How might perceptions of mid-century fascism shape approaches to the far-right today?
Rehabilitating the past: the former ruling house of Germany wants financial compensation
In this post, Karina Urbach, Senior Research Fellow at the IHR, introduces ‘Useful idiots: the Hohenzollerns and Hitler’, her new article for the Institute’s journal, Historical Research.
Research & Resources News
Bibliography of British and Irish History: October 2020 update adds records of 4425 recent publications
The October 2020 update of BBIH – the IHR’s ‘Bibliography of British and Irish History’ – is now available. The new update adds detailed records of 4425 recent publications on the British and Irish pasts and British world history.
The Hidden Shelter: local and national histories of the Second World War
In this guest post, Henry Irving outlines his current research on wartime Leeds and his 3D tour of the city’s air raid shelters. Henry also sits on the advisory board of the IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community.
New from the Victoria County History of Essex: St Osyth to the Naze: North-East Essex Coastal Parishes, Part 1
The latest publication in the Victoria County History (VCH) series for the county of Essex is the first part of volume XII, St Osyth to the Naze: North-East Essex Coastal Parishes and is now available from Boydell & Brewer.
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.