As this rewarding project draws to a close, I thought I’d share the central plank along which it has run here at the Institute of Historical Research. We used several qualitative tools to draw up an issue list, a document containing each problem which our...
Intriguingly, a search of Connected Histories reveals only 34 references to the term ‘Indian summer’ (and that from an estimated 5.6 billion words and 140,000 images relating to British history from 1500 to 1900). The reference in the Old Bailey Online is...
By the 1990s, even historians were finding it difficult to ignore the potential implications of what was variously described as postmodernism, post-structuralism, or the linguistic or cultural turn. Theory, so often seen as dangerously continental, even succeeded in...
by Jennifer Higham (Librarian) Preparations for the move of the IHR library in Summer 2011 led to the rediscovery of 49 volumes detailing peerage claims, thought to be a gift from the House of Lords Library many years previously. With the library move imminent, Alison...
Being based now in the lower mezzanine, our office gets a regular flow of visitors asking, “Is this the IHR?” It is the IHR, but only part of it. When you come out of the lifts on the third floor, if you go through the barrier you will find the IHR library (pictured...
I have been working on the series English Historical Documents for a forthcoming digital project. These 14 volumes collect key primary sources for the history of England, Scotland and Wales between 500 and 1957. There are lots of interesting documents to be found...
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