Getting started with the ‘A History of English Places’ App: The Victoria County History visits Kenilworth

Aug 4, 2021

By Joe Chick Take a walk around the historic sites of Kenilworth in Warwickshire with the aid of the Victoria County History’s ‘A History of English Places’ App. Welcome to the first of several posts exploring the use of the Victoria County History’s...

‘A History of English Places’ – the Victoria County History goes mobile

Jul 28, 2021

By Adam Chapman Do you want to explore England’s Past? Are you interested in maps? Then the Victoria County History’s App for mobile devices, ‘A History of English Places’ brings both these things together.   Developed by the IHR’s Victoria County History (VCH)...

History Day at DCDC

Jul 27, 2021

Kate Wilcox from the IHR’s Wohl Library and Argula Rublack from Senate House Library reflect on the recent collaboration with The National Archives, RLUK, and Jisc to bring History Day to the Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference....

Provenance of the Wohl Library Collections

Jul 23, 2021

This post was written by Alex Kither, graduate trainee library assistant at the IHR library from September 2020 to July 2021. On July 8, 2021, we celebrated the centenary of the Institute of Historical Research. The date marked one hundred years of lectures, seminars,...

IHR Centenary Global Birthday Event: Reflections on History Past, Present and Future

Jul 15, 2021

On Thursday 8 July 2021, the IHR celebrated its 100th birthday, with a day of online celebrations taking us from Australia and South East Asia, to Africa and the Middle East, to Europe and North America. What did we learn about history today and in the future? The...

IHR Paid Internships: Summer 2021

Jun 25, 2021

Opportunities for research experience and career development, thanks to the generosity of donors to the IHR.   We are delighted to announce three paid internships for early-career historians, to be held between late July and the end of September 2021. Apply by...