This post was written by Jeremy Haslam, Senior Fellow at the IHR. This might seem an odd conjunction of ideas. But in some of the historical work I have conducted over the last 40 years or so, the relationship this blog explores is important. This short...
This post was written by Michael Townsend, Collections and Metadata Librarian at the Institute of Historical Research Library. The IHR Library has growing collections on migration history. Recent titles added to the collections include a published edition of...
By Daniel Snowman, Senior Fellow, IHR This is the second in a series of three blog pieces by IHR Senior Fellow, Daniel Snowman, raising provocative issues about how we regard and memorialise what we think of as ‘history’. These will be published monthly....
What’s new in BBIH? The June 2022 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds 2610 new publications. The new content includes books, journal articles, book chapters and edited collections covering all areas of British and Irish history, from 55...
Thanks to those of you who completed the recent IHR library survey. It has been nice to see from the comments how much the library is valued. People indicated high levels of satisfaction for the collections, open-access study space and the helpfulness of library...
By Daniel Snowman This is the first in a series of three blog pieces by IHR Senior Fellow, Daniel Snowman, raising provocative issues about how we regard and memorialise what we think of as ‘history’. These will be published monthly. We all seek what we...
