This blog post was written by Clare V. Church, Summer 2022 Intern for the IHR Stories project, and PhD student in History and Welsh History from Aberystwyth University. If you had the opportunity to speak with established historians from around the globe—some of whom...
This blog post was written by Ian Stone, a historian and former winner of the Curriers’ Prize, who now represents the Curriers’ Company on the Prize panel. The Curriers’ Company London History Essay Prize was instituted in 2014 by Dr Donald Adamson. The...
This post was written by Adam Chapman, the General Editor of the Victoria County History, and Lecturer in Medieval History at the Institute of Historical Research. [Working for the VCH] sparked my long-forgotten childhood curiosity around the history of place, what...
By Janette Bright In 2020, as the world around us changed dramatically, IHR students (past and present) decided that as their contribution to the IHR Centenary celebrations they would look back at their predecessors from the very beginnings of the Institute. This...
By Mark McCarthy Through the months of lockdown, our Student Group Zoom meetings often discussed how historical research intersects with contemporary life. A broad historical ‘turn’, the rethinking of our European colonial heritage, was foregrounded in...
By Catherine Clarke, Director of the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community at the IHR We are delighted to announce that the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community is seeking to recruit to three paid early-career research internships, for...
