May 27, 2020
By Jo Fox, Director of the IHR Recent discussions with historians in the UK and overseas make clear the impact that the COVID-19 crisis is having on research infrastructures in many universities, and more broadly. This has significant implications for us all, but is...
Apr 6, 2020
By Professor Jo Fox, Director, IHR In this post Jo Fox announces the creation of the IHR’s new guide to Open and Free Access Materials for Research. The new IHR guide provides links to freely accessible research materials and resources, and allows you to...
Oct 6, 2018
By Jo Fox Equal pay has long been at the heart of feminist activism. The struggle for enfranchisement was but one component of the suffragette’s campaign – equal pay was another, with Millicent Fawcett arguing for ‘equal pay for equal work’ in the Economic Journal in...
Jul 12, 2017
We are delighted to announce that Professor Jo Fox, Head of Department and Professor of Modern British and European History in the Department of History at Durham University, has been appointed Director of the Institute with effect from 1 January 2018. ‘It is an...
Nov 27, 2016
The IHR enjoys an associate fellowship connection with Historic England and this year we invited some of the Fellows from Historic England to deliver a lecture. The event was part of the Being Human Festival and a coincident exhibit was arranged in the IHR’s...
Feb 2, 2016
This post was originally published on the School of Advanced Study Talking Humanities Blog. We talk to the director of the Institute of Historical Research about the history of history and the rise of statistical thinking in the Victorian period. Professor Goldman has...
