Designing Databases for Historical Research

The Institute of Historical Research now offer a wide selection of digital research training packages designed for historians and made available online on History SPOT.  Most of these have received mention on this blog from time to time and hopefully some of you will...

Bibliography of British and Irish History updated

BBIH has been updated with 4,782 new records, bringing the overall total to nearly 530,000. Nearly half of the new records cover publications of 2012-13; over 500 of them concern the history of Ireland and the Irish, and just over 200 deal with the history of...

Eighteenth-century histories of Norwich and the political vernacular

British History in the Long 18th CenturyEighteenth-century histories of Norwich and the political vernacularDaniel Howse (University of East Anglia)11 January 2012  This is a guest post by Paul McMenemy, one of IHR Digital’s winter interns from the University of...

Public Health in Local Government, 2001-2012

This is another in our series where researchers planning to use the archive outline their projects. This guest post is by Martin Gorsky of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Public Health in Local Government, 2001-2012: web representations and...

Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776

Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776 British History in the Long 18th Century SeminarPaul Davis (Princeton)25 January 2012Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776This is a guest post by Paul McMenemy, one of IHR Digital’s winter...