BHO theses completed: making the data available
By Jonathan Blaney In June we added to British History Online records of 22,500 History PhDs awarded in UK and Irish universities between 1970 and 2014. This set of 22,000 theses was added to BHO’s existing series of 7500 records of research degrees awarded between...
The Bibliography of British and Irish History: a guide to online teaching and student research
By Philip Carter The Bibliography of British and Irish History (known as BBIH) is a research and publishing project of the IHR, the Royal Historical Society and the academic publisher, Brepols. The Bibliography is the most comprehensive and up-to-date record of what’s...
Who was your great, great supervisor? 30,000 History PhDs now available on British History Online
By Philip Carter British History Online has recently digitised and published the records of 22,000 history PhDs from UK and Irish universities. The records cover research degrees awarded between 1970 and 2014, drawn from the IHR’s annual print catalogues of recently...
Expertise unbound? The state and its use of specialists in times of crisis
By Christopher Phillips In this post, the historian Dr Christopher Phillips draws comparisons between specialist involvement in the current COVID-19 emergency and the role of civilian expertise during the First World War. Though very different situations, both point...