Feb 12, 2017
This post has kindly been written for us by Aashique Iqbal, Royal Historical Society Marshall Fellow, IHR The first aeroplane flown by the first squadron of the Indian Air Force (IAF), on its formation in 1933, was the Westland Wapiti. The Wapiti, nicknamed the...
Dec 20, 2016
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...
Jul 22, 2016
This post has kindly been written for us by Dr Alice Dolan, Economic History Society Anniversary Fellow. My postdoctoral project comes directly out of my PhD thesis which was a social history of linen during the long 18th century. Linen was used by rich and poor for...
May 6, 2016
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...
Dec 21, 2015
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...
Sep 30, 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 –...
