Legacies and history of the London 2012 Olympic Games

From time to time the IHR research seminars not only provide up-to-the-minute research in the History profession, but also find a relevance that goes beyond the profession and focuses on events that are happening in the world right now.  One such occasion is the...

English children’s work during the Second World War

Voluntary Action History16 January 2012Berry Mayall (Institute of Education)English children’s work during the Second World War Are children citizens in Britain or citizens-in-preparation?  At the heart of Berry Mayall’s paper to the Voluntary Action History seminar...

Histore Digital Tools workshop podcasts

All of the podcasts from last months digital tools workshop are now available on History SPOT.  The Histore workshop introduces our new modules on semantic data and text mining which will be released at the end of August.  It also looked more generally at the uses of...

Representations of Parliament after the Restoration

Franco-British History10 November 2011Stéphane Jettot (Paris 4-Sorbonne), autour de son livre, Servir le roi et la nation. Représentation diplomatique et représentation parlementaire dans l’Angleterre de la Restauration (1660-1702) (PUPS,  2011).Note: This podcast is...

Learning about semantic mark-up and text mining tools

A few weeks ago the IHR held an afternoon workshop on the topic of digital tools.  We were promoting the fruits of a JISC-funded project called Histore, from which we will develop guidance and information about digital tools useful for historians.  Amongst these, will...