IHR Digital is official!

We’ve been planning and talking about it for months, but last night saw the official launch of IHR Digital, the Institute’s new digital research, consultancy and publishing service. Professor Sir Deian Hopkin set the scene with tales of the early days of...

ReScript: the collaborative editing of historical texts online

We’re delighted to announce a new project, ReScript, which aims to support historians in the collaborative editing of historical texts online. The project will develop an editing platform which will support both digital and print publication, and encourage...

Bibliography of British and Irish History update

An update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History was released today. It includes over 5,000 new records, bringing the total number of records to 494,000. There are also some minor improvements to the online interface, and we are pleased to welcome two new...

The Network of Expert Centres for digital humanities

The Network of Expert Centres brings together centres and organisations in the UK which have expertise in digital arts and humanities research and scholarship. It facilitates collaboration in support of five broad aims:to advocate, promote and raise awareness and...

Slavery Online

This week on Reviews in History two new resources for historians of slavery are reviewed, Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database and Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007. The latter date is of course significant in marking the 200th anniversary...

British History Online wins funding

British History Online has been awarded funding by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) as part of its Impact and Embedding programme. The award will allow us to carry out a detailed investigation of how people actually use digital online resources, both in...