Mapping the Nation

Aug 4, 2011

Rachel Hewitt’s new book Map of a Nation: a Biography of the Ordnance Survey (see here for full review) charts the story of this longstanding British institution from its inception as an aid to the subjugation of the Highlands in the mid 18th century to...

Health in History: a special multimedia virtual issue

Jul 28, 2011

Historical Research has produced a special multimedia virtual issue in conjunction with the Anglo-American Conference of Historians 2011, based on the theme of Health in History. The issue features podcasts of lectures from the conference, along with key articles from...

Manning the Barricades

Jul 15, 2011

Reviews in History features a timely book this week, as Pamela Pilbeam and Mark Traugott discuss the latter’s The Insurgent Barricade. This traces the use of barricades in public uprisings from the Day of the Barricades in 1588 through to the Paris Commune of...

Pollard Prize 2011

Jul 14, 2011

The winner of the 2011 Pollard Prize is Siobhan Talbott with ‘British commercial interests on the French Atlantic coast, c.1560-1713 (a paper originally given at the Economic and Social History of the Premodern World, 1500-1800 seminar). The article will appear...

Has open access come of age ?

Jun 22, 2011

‘Open Access comes of age’ was the headline in a recent issue of Nature News, the article reporting a recent study published in Public Library of Science One, that found that the number of articles in freely accessible journals is growing at a rate of 20%...

Marc Fitch lecture 2010

May 20, 2011

The text of Steve Hindle’s 2010 Marc Fitch lecture, ‘Below stairs at Arbury Hall: Sir Richard Newdigate and his household staff, c.1670–1710’, has been published by Historical Research. Currently available online in our Early View issue.