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The IHR’s Reviews in History
The IHR’s Reviews in History publishes weekly commentaries on new books. Our reviews are longer than those in many academic journals and focus on titles published in the last year. ‘Reviews’ will be taking a break during July and the first half of August, but look...
Henry Knighton, the Commons and the Crisis of Governance in the 1380s
Gwilym Dodd's latest article 'Henry Knighton, the Commons and the Crisis of Governance in the 1380s' is published in the latest issue of Historical Research. Here he explains more about this subject, and the problems with analysing historical writing. ‘To our...
Troubling Anniversaries: Online Conference 21-22 October
What role do anniversaries play in public history? How do we negotiate the commemoration of complex pasts?
In the IHR’s centenary year, an online international conference hosted in partnership between the Institute of Historical Research and the Centre for Public History, Queen’s University Belfast will explore the uses of anniversaries in historical research and public interpretation, the politics of commemoration, the wide variety of tools and approaches for public engagement, and the challenges of dealing with contested pasts.
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Conflict and climate change in the Arctic: what the seventeenth century suggests about the future
By Dagomar Degroot Environment & History, essay no. 13 In the final article of our ‘Environment & History’ series, Professor Dagomar Degroot looks to early modern climate change to ask whether arctic warming necessarily results in violent...
Features & Articles
The IHR’s Reviews in History
The IHR’s Reviews in History publishes weekly commentaries on new books. Our reviews are longer than those in many academic journals and focus on titles published in the last year. ‘Reviews’ will be taking a break during July and the first half of August, but look...
#VCHFutureHistory: Writing the Places We Want
#VCHFutureHistory Project. What is your vision for your area, 50years from now?
A mid-series reflection: The archives of Global History in a time of international immobility
By:The Archives of Global History in a time of international immobility- IHR Partnership Seminar:Sara Honarmand Ebrahimi (@honarmand_sara) and Ismay Milford (@IsmayMilford), with the input of co-convenors Bengü Aydın Dikmen, Nilina Deb Lal, Merve Fejzula, and Mohamed...
Conflict and climate change in the Arctic: what the seventeenth century suggests about the future
By Dagomar Degroot Environment & History, essay no. 13 In the final article of our ‘Environment & History’ series, Professor Dagomar Degroot looks to early modern climate change to ask whether arctic warming necessarily results in violent...
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The IHR’s Reviews in History
The IHR’s Reviews in History publishes weekly commentaries on new books. Our reviews are longer than those in many academic journals and focus on titles published in the last year. ‘Reviews’ will be taking a break during July and the first half of August, but look...
Henry Knighton, the Commons and the Crisis of Governance in the 1380s
Gwilym Dodd's latest article 'Henry Knighton, the Commons and the Crisis of Governance in the 1380s' is published in the latest issue of Historical Research. Here he explains more about this subject, and the problems with analysing historical writing. ‘To our...
IHR Research Guide: Doing Digital History
The latest volume of IHR Research Guides is, ‘Doing Digital History: a beginner’s guide to working with text as data’. Primarily aimed at postgraduates, or final-year undergraduates, but many other readers should find them useful too.
#VCHFutureHistory: Writing the Places We Want
#VCHFutureHistory Project. What is your vision for your area, 50years from now?
Research & Resources News
The IHR’s Reviews in History
The IHR’s Reviews in History publishes weekly commentaries on new books. Our reviews are longer than those in many academic journals and focus on titles published in the last year. ‘Reviews’ will be taking a break during July and the first half of August, but look...
Troubling Anniversaries: Online Conference 21-22 October
What role do anniversaries play in public history? How do we negotiate the commemoration of complex pasts?
In the IHR’s centenary year, an online international conference hosted in partnership between the Institute of Historical Research and the Centre for Public History, Queen’s University Belfast will explore the uses of anniversaries in historical research and public interpretation, the politics of commemoration, the wide variety of tools and approaches for public engagement, and the challenges of dealing with contested pasts.
IHR Research Guide: Doing Digital History
The latest volume of IHR Research Guides is, ‘Doing Digital History: a beginner’s guide to working with text as data’. Primarily aimed at postgraduates, or final-year undergraduates, but many other readers should find them useful too.
IHR #OurCentury: Events Across the UK
From Dover to Glasgow, from film screenings and walking tours to art workshops and steel bands, IHR #OurCentury events will celebrate history in its many forms, right across the UK. Following a huge response to our Open Call, we are delighted to announce events...