From pseudocopulation to human flight – a BBIH 2016 top ten!

As the year is drawing to an end, we thought we would compile a selection of the most interesting articles and books we have come across over the course of 2016. Some of them are amusing, some of them are touching, and some of them are downright disturbing, but we...

The Thought that Counts

This post has kindly been written for us by Benedict G. E. Wiedemann MA (UCL), Thornley Fellow, IHR. ‘A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer’ Seneca the Younger When is a gift not a gift? Simple. When either...

Resources for the Economic Historian in the IHR library

Works on economic history abound within the library and it is hoped a new collection guide on the subject will indicate the range of material we have here and help readers locate specific works that may be of use to their research. The bulk of the guide comprises of...

Reviews in History – 20th anniversary special! (part 2)

We start off this week with Thomas Munck’s  The Enlightenment as Modernity: Jonathan Israel’s Interpretation Across Two Decades, as he and the author discuss 20 years of work on the Enlightenment and the origins of modern concepts of democracy, equality and...

Being Human: Night at the Library

We would like to thank regular Friday night library readers for their induldgence over a few evenings in November. Regular visitors to the library may have noticed the odd room closed for mysterious purposes, spotted our Low Countries post-doctoral fellow poring over...

Reviews in History – 20th anniversary special! (part 1)

We have a treat for you today – the first part of a special issue to mark the 20th anniversary (and bear in mind that in digital resource years that makes us at least 200) of Reviews, for which we have asked our Editorial Board to recommend some of the most...