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...
Bibliography of British and Irish History: June 2020 update adds 4288 records of recent publications
By Simon Baker The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is a record of nearly 620,000 books, articles and essays relating to the British and Irish past, worldwide. The Bibliography is updated three times each year with curated records of the recent...
History Librarians Workshop, 18 June
By Matt Shaw Our libraries aren’t closed, only the buildings are shut. This, as many librarians have been saying, underscores the great extent to which libraries and librarians have long been involved in providing digital resources, remote services...