Reflections and Resolutions of an Independent Scholar

This post by Kimm Curran originally appeared on the History Lab Plus blog (http://historylabplus.wordpress.com/). ‘Tis the season for reflecting on where our path has led us and which map to choose for the future. For many of us this allows us to think about where we...

Networking and academia

This post has been kindly written for us by George Gilbert, currently one of the Scouloudi Fellows at the Institute of Historical Research. For the beginner, the idea of networking can be a confusing one, and historically hasn’t always been helped by attitudes found...

New reviews: Scotland, flappers, slave trade and queens

With each week seeing a new series of claims and counter-claims about the viability of an independent Scotland, now seems an appropriate time for us to review a new book by Michael Fry, a self-declared former Scottish Conservative now supporting the nationalist...

British pharmaceutical trade during the long eighteenth century

This post has been kindly written for us by Zack Dorner, a Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. I’m Zack Dorner, a fourth year PhD candidate in the History Department at Brown University in the United States. Through the IHR’s Junior...