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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.
Who was your great, great supervisor? 30,000 History PhDs now available on British History Online
British History Online now includes records of 30,000 History PhDs and theses, completed 1901-2014. New metadata enables searching by subject, university and supervisor, facilitating surveys of research trends in UK universities.
Latest issue of Historical Research
The May 2020 issue of Historical Research is now available, published by Oxford University Press.
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
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.
Who was your great, great supervisor? 30,000 History PhDs now available on British History Online
British History Online now includes records of 30,000 History PhDs and theses, completed 1901-2014. New metadata enables searching by subject, university and supervisor, facilitating surveys of research trends in UK universities.
Expertise unbound? The state and its use of specialists in times of crisis
The fusing of scientific expertise with government is a key feature of responses to the COVID-19 emergency. As Christopher Phillips shows, the role of and reliance on specialists at times of crisis has a long history: one revealing recurring, and familiar, opportunities and tensions.
Bibliography of British and Irish History: June update adds 4288 records of recent publications
The June update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds records of over 4000 new titles, many published in 2019-20. Here, BBIH Editor, Simon Baker, looks at the global reach of this latest update.
Publications News
Latest issue of Historical Research
The May 2020 issue of Historical Research is now available, published by Oxford University Press.
Expertise unbound? The state and its use of specialists in times of crisis
The fusing of scientific expertise with government is a key feature of responses to the COVID-19 emergency. As Christopher Phillips shows, the role of and reliance on specialists at times of crisis has a long history: one revealing recurring, and familiar, opportunities and tensions.
‘Collaborators’ and ‘Crashed’: short, sharp readers’ Reviews
Last month we launched a new strand to the IHR’s Reviews in History series: readers’ short commentaries on books that impress. We begin with two studies of modern world turmoil, and a readers’ guide to new works on early modern religious practice.
Latest books from Reviews in History
The IHR’s Reviews in History publishes regular essays on new books. Reviews appear weekly. In case you missed them, here’s a selection of the latest reviews.
Research & Resources News
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.
Who was your great, great supervisor? 30,000 History PhDs now available on British History Online
British History Online now includes records of 30,000 History PhDs and theses, completed 1901-2014. New metadata enables searching by subject, university and supervisor, facilitating surveys of research trends in UK universities.
Bibliography of British and Irish History: June update adds 4288 records of recent publications
The June update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds records of over 4000 new titles, many published in 2019-20. Here, BBIH Editor, Simon Baker, looks at the global reach of this latest update.
Layers of London: news digest for June
Layers of London, the IHR’s digital mapping project, has a busy month ahead and much to take part in. Webinars, book clubs and a call for your images of postboxes, among other things.