Essay Prize in London History – deadline approaching!

Aug 19, 2014

A prize of £1,000 will be awarded for the best essay by an early career or doctoral researcher on the history of London, in a new competition sponsored by the Curriers’ Company in association with the IHR and The London Journal. Essays may be on any aspect of the...

New reviews: Archbishop Pole, post-war children, scholastic thought and Charles Darwin

Aug 14, 2014

First up this week we have Archbishop Pole by John Edwards, as Francis Young and the author discuss a magnificent example of first-rate historical scholarship (no. 1642, with response here). Next we turn to Lost Freedom: The Landscape of the Child and the British...

New reviews: Edward I, empire and race, Weimar and polio

Aug 7, 2014

Off to Edinburgh this weekend, just as things are hotting up in the independence campaign. However, as all those who know him will vouch, your deputy editor shies away from political controversy at all times, and my visit is solely a cultural one to take in a little...

Using Connected Histories to explore the British interpretation of Abraham Lincoln

Aug 5, 2014

This post was kindly written for us by IHR Digital intern Beth Page. As a History and American studies student, I thought it would be interesting to use Connected Histories to explore the British interpretation of Abraham Lincoln. I decided to look for sources that...

New reviews – Digital humanities, Scotttish women, women pirates and Carolingian friends

Jul 31, 2014

Back working from home this week, as the elongated summer occupation of my flat by relatives and their children has been temporarily lifted. There’s nothing like the prospect of returning to a house full of sugar-fuelled nine-year olds to make the IHR suddenly seem...

New reviews: Interview with Amanada Herbert, and Great War at Home (4)

Jul 24, 2014

Summer has arrived with a vengeance at the IHR this week, and as ever in England the rarity of hot weather leads us to be unsure of how to handle it properly. For instance, some considerable time elapsed before we realised that what we thought was an air-conditioner...