On 26 February we held a very successful half-day workshop on web archiving and research. Despite the blue skies and sun over London – something almost lost to living memory – about 40 people took part in the event. The Principal Investigator, Jane...
All manner of excitement last week at the IHR, with the prestigious Gerald Aylmer Seminar receiving a number of uninvited guests, as student protestors were diverted from their occupation of the Vice-Chancellor’s offices by the lure of the post-seminar sandwiches. The...
This post by Kimm Curran originally appeared on the History Lab Plus blog (https://historylabplus.wordpress.com/). ‘Tis the season for reflecting on where our path has led us and which map to choose for the future. For many of us this allows us to think about where we...
Over the past year we have been running a monthly British History Online photo competition. All those photos added to our Flickr group in the previous month have been entered into a pool and scrutinised by my judicious and sharp-eyed colleagues in IHR Digital. I then...
History Spot has been a much-used and well-liked tool in the two-and-a-half years of its existence and has provided access to training materials and hundreds of podcasts and seminars to thousands of researchers throughout the UK and the world. Now, though, it has...
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...
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