Expertise unbound? The state and its use of specialists in times of crisis
By Christopher Phillips In this post, the historian Dr Christopher Phillips draws comparisons between specialist involvement in the current COVID-19 emergency and the role of civilian expertise during the First World War. Though very different situations, both point...
‘Collaborators’ and ‘Crashed’: short, sharp readers’ Reviews
In May we launched a new strand to the IHR’s Reviews in History series – inviting you to send in short, sharp commentaries on recent titles that impress and which you’d recommend to others. Essentially we like History books and we like talking about...
Latest books from Reviews in History
The IHR’s Reviews in History publishes weekly commentaries on new books. Our reviews are longer than those in many academic journals and focus on titles published in the last 6-12 months. Many reviews also include responses from the book’s author. Reviews...
The IHR Conference Series: an introduction & call for proposals
By Julie Spraggon The IHR Conference Series is a central part of the Institute’s publishing programme. The series comprises edited collections of essays, many of which originated as themed papers presented at a conference. The 15 volumes in the Conference...