Oral History Spring School

Mar 7, 2016

This year’s Oral History Spring School is almost upon us, and offers a unique chance to spend three days getting stuck into some in-depth discussions about oral history theory. Professor Paul Thompson will be starting off with discussion of oral history worldwide,...

Public Speaking for Historians – 26 October 2015

Oct 14, 2015

This post has kindly been written for us by workshop organiser Dr Eliza Filby Do you suffer from a lack of confidence or nerves when you speak?  Are you finding that you spend a lot of time writing conference papers that fail rather than fly?  Aspiring historians can...

Historical research in London archives

Sep 18, 2015

This post was written by Charlie Berry, a doctoral student at the Institute of Historical Research and cross-posted from the History Collections website.  As a research student, a lot of my time is spent beavering away in libraries and archives. My thesis topic,...

Study for a one-year Masters in History at the Institute of Historical Research

Jul 23, 2015

If you are currently looking to enrol on a Masters course in History which begins this autumn, 2015, whether full or part-time, then the IHR has just the course for you: our Masters in Historical Research. Taught by acknowledged specialists, taken successfully by...

Local History Summer School

Jun 2, 2015

This post has kindly been written for us by Professor Richard Hoyle, Director and General Editor of the Victoria County History. One thing which is pretty certain is that everyone who attends this year’s local history conference sponsored by the IHR and VCH lived...

Using Film as a Source – IHR Research Guides

May 20, 2015

This post has kindly been written for us by Dr Sian Barber, author of Using Film as a Source (MUP, 2015), the first in the IHR Research Guides Series. What is the value of studying film? How can feature films tell us anything about the time in which they are made? Why...