The monarchy, mythmaking, and VE Day
By Ed Owens On the 75th anniversary of VE Day, Ed Owens — author of The Family Firm. Monarchy, Mass Media and the British Public, 1932-53 — reflects on the royal family’s careful cultivation of a media image in wartime, culminating with the events of...
IHR / Museum of Youth Culture ‘Setting the Record Straight’ Research Internships
By Catherine Clarke The IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community is offering four paid Research Internships, in partnership with the Museum of Youth Culture, as part of the project ‘Setting the Record Straight’, funded by the National Lottery...
Supporting the historical community: the IHR’s contribution
Following the closure of the IHR’s premises last week, Institute staff are thinking through how best to support the historical community in the coming weeks. All at the IHR seek to maintain as many of our services and resources as we can. This post sets out...
IHR Strategy, 2020-25: 3. The Wohl Library and Archives
By Matt Shaw In February the IHR launched its Mission and Strategy, 2020-25 which was introduced in a blog post by the Institute’s director, Professor Jo Fox. In this follow-on series of essays we look in more detail at key elements of the Institute’s work for the...