Designing Databases for Historical Research

The Institute of Historical Research now offer a wide selection of digital research training packages designed for historians and made available online on History SPOT.  Most of these have received mention on this blog from time to time and hopefully some of you will...

Eighteenth-century histories of Norwich and the political vernacular

British History in the Long 18th CenturyEighteenth-century histories of Norwich and the political vernacularDaniel Howse (University of East Anglia)11 January 2012  This is a guest post by Paul McMenemy, one of IHR Digital’s winter interns from the University of...

Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776

Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776 British History in the Long 18th Century SeminarPaul Davis (Princeton)25 January 2012Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776This is a guest post by Paul McMenemy, one of IHR Digital’s winter...

Chancery Lane: politics, space and the built environment, c. 1760-1815

British History in the Long 18th CenturyChancery Lane: politics, space and the built environment, c. 1760-1815Francis Boorman (IHR)19 October 2011  Sandwiched between the west and east ends of London, Chancery Lane was a focus point in England’s capital city and...

Text Mining for Historians: Natural Language Processing

The Institute of Historical Research now offer a wide selection of digital research training packages designed for historians and made available online on History SPOT.  Most of these have received mention on this blog from time to time and hopefully some of you will...