Networking and academia

Mar 3, 2014

This post has been kindly written for us by George Gilbert, currently one of the Scouloudi Fellows at the Institute of Historical Research. For the beginner, the idea of networking can be a confusing one, and historically hasn’t always been helped by attitudes found...

British pharmaceutical trade during the long eighteenth century

Feb 20, 2014

This post has been kindly written for us by Zack Dorner, a Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. I’m Zack Dorner, a fourth year PhD candidate in the History Department at Brown University in the United States. Through the IHR’s Junior...

Jacobitism and anti-Jacobitism at the Institute of Historical Research

Jan 31, 2014

This post has been kindly written for us by Dr. David Parrish, a Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. After three years of research and writing, I submitted a PhD thesis and passed my viva in September 2013 (probably the most nerve-racking...

Fellowships and Awards at the Institute

Jan 22, 2014

The IHR hosts several competitions for one-year and six-month Junior Research Fellowships, intended as writing-up awards for doctoral students or as first postdoctoral positions for recent graduates, as well as several smaller prizes and bursaries in a variety of...