The Thought that Counts

This post has kindly been written for us by Benedict G. E. Wiedemann MA (UCL), Thornley Fellow, IHR. ‘A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer’ Seneca the Younger When is a gift not a gift? Simple. When either...

Low Countries Fellow in IHR Library

Welcome to the inaugural blog post in a series promoting the Low Countries collection in the IHR Library. My name is Stijn van Rossem and I took up a one-year post-doctoral fellowship in March. In the months to come, I will explore and promote the remarkable holdings...

IHR Friends Film Evening, 25 January 2016 – Glory

Professor Lawrence Goldman, the Director of the Institute of Historical Research, discusses the film ‘Glory’ about the first black regiment in the American Civil War, the 54th Massachusetts, raised in 1862. ‘Glory’, released in 1989, won 3 Oscars including the award...

DIRECTOR’S SEMINARS – AUTUMN 2015

Wolfson Room II, IHR 2-4pm We hope you will be able to attend our programme of Director’s seminars for autumn, at which the 2015-16 junior research fellows will present their research. All are welcome. Tea and coffee will be served. 7 October Jennifer Keating –...