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IHR Strategy, 2020-25: 2. The Centre for the History of People, Place and Community
Following the launch of the IHR’s Mission and Strategy, 2020-25, this is the second in our series of focused studies of future work at the IHR. Here, regional and urban history at the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community.
The IHR’s journal, ‘Historical Research’, moves to Oxford University Press
From February 2020, the IHR’s academic journal moves to Oxford University Press. The journal now has an international editorial board, an ambitious agenda for shaping future historical debates, and a bold new look.
The IHR Strategy, 2020-25: 1. Digital History
Following the launch of the IHR’s Strategy, 2020-25 last week, we begin a series looking at key elements of the Institute’s future. We begin with digital and digital history.
Spotlight
On writing ‘Mother: An Unconventional History’
What is ‘unconventional history’? Feminist and historians Sarah Knott considers the intersection of form and function in her new book, ‘Mother. An Unconventional History’.
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From Archive to Stage: Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London
How might creative works, such as stage productions, inform our understanding of the past? How do imaginative retellings shape our appreciation of historical events? Matt Shaw considers a recent IHR partnership with the actor Alison Skillbeck, creator of the one-woman show, ‘Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London’.
Understanding the Gough Map: an application of physics, chemistry and history
Catherine Delano-Smith, IHR Senior Research Fellow, outlines her new Leverhulme-funded research project to study the medieval Gough Map, with the help of physical scientists and 3D specialists.
Can a short life be a good life? Brevity in historical biography
What’s the value of writing a brief life? How does biographical brevity contribute to historical knowledge? Philip Carter recently considered these questions at ‘Flash Histories’, a conference on all things concise.
Women and Peace: Pat Arrowsmith and Greenham Common
What is the nature of the relationship between feminism and peace activism? Amy Todd explores the case of the Greenham Common Peace Camp in the 1980s.
Publications News
The IHR’s journal, ‘Historical Research’, moves to Oxford University Press
From February 2020, the IHR’s academic journal moves to Oxford University Press. The journal now has an international editorial board, an ambitious agenda for shaping future historical debates, and a bold new look.
‘Book-ended’: the wonderful history of the Athlone Press
December 2019 sees the launch of the University of London Press, the new home for IHR publishing. Here Laura De’Ath looks back at the University’s publishing history with her new exhibition on the Athlone Press years (1948-78).
Unboxing England’s Histories …
This November, the IHR celebrates 120 years of the Victoria County History with ‘England’s Histories: Unboxed!’, the story of English history in material culture. All welcome, Weds 20 November from 4.30pm.
‘”Time come”. Britain’s black futures past’ – the 2019 Historical Research lecture now available
In June, Dr Rob Waters gave the 2019 ‘Historical Research’ lecture. Rob’s lecture, ‘”Time come”: Britain’s black futures past’ is now published in Historical Research, the IHR’s academic journal. It’s available free until December 2019, along with a commentary from Dr Kennetta Hammond Perry, director of the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre, De Montfort University.
Research & Resources News
The IHR Strategy, 2020-25: 1. Digital History
Following the launch of the IHR’s Strategy, 2020-25 last week, we begin a series looking at key elements of the Institute’s future. We begin with digital and digital history.
Exploring publishing trends in the Bibliography of British and Irish History
BBIH editors spend a great deal of time checking new publications across a wide range of historical subject areas. This gives them an excellent insight to shifts in publishing and the emergence of new trends in historical research. Working at the Bibliography of...
A new look for the Bibliography of British and Irish History
The latest update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History (February 2020) adds two important enhancements: 4500 new records, plus a new user-interface making searching and browsing easier and quicker.
Diversity and Inequality in the Library
Libraries ‘know we have a problem’, as a 2019 report by Mohammed Ishaq and Asifa Maaria Hussain for the Standing Conference of National and University Libraries (SCONUL) ‘BAME Staff Experiences of academic and research libraries’ stated firmly.