Embroidery, needlework and seamstresses – stitches in the fabric of history

Jul 7, 2017

My interest was piqued in embroidery by the book Stiching the world: embroidered maps and women’s geographical education in which Judith Tyner describes schoolgirls in Britain and the United States creating embroidered map samplers and even silk globes designed to...

Bibliography of British and Irish History updated (June 2017) and journal coverage

Jun 20, 2017

An update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History was published on 20 June. 4, 455 new records have been added. Some 612 new records relate to Irish history while 237 deal with the history of London, 354 with the history of Scotland and 125 with the history...

“War and militarism, attitudes to” searching for war and peace in BBIH

Apr 3, 2017

With the ending of the Radical Voices exhibition at Senate House, the People Power: Fighting for Peace exhibition at the IWM about to begin, and the re-opening of the National Army Museum, it seems like an appropriate time to look at war in BBIH. In the Subject tree,...

Native American Women Resources in the BBIH

Mar 8, 2017

To tie in with the IHR’s upcoming conference Pocahontas and after: historical culture and transatlantic encounters, 1617-2017, we have gathered a selection of resources from the BBIH that address the themes of Native American women in Colonial America. The women in...

Bibliography of British and Irish History updated (February 2017)

Feb 15, 2017

An update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History was published on 14 February. 4,901  new records have been added. Some 633 new records relate to Irish history while 246 deal with the history of London,  299 with the...

John Morrill and the Bibliography of British and Irish History

Jan 19, 2017

The opening lecture of this year’s IHR Winter Conference will be delivered by John Morrill, retired Professor of British and Irish History in the University of Cambridge – the theme of the conference is “Civil Wars” and John’s lecture will...