The Ground Truth Gradient: When AI-Assisted Transcription Becomes Historical Record
The use of AI in historical research is bringing new tools and opportunities, as well as complex methodological and ethical challenges. In a pair of blog posts, two IHR MA students reflect on their experiences using AI in their research. In this first post, Julian...Protected: AI in the Archive: Using Data Analytic Tools and Social Network Techniques to Uncover Hidden Histories
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Researching the Histories of Social Class in the Bibliography of British and Irish History
In this blog post, Lucy McCormick (University of Birmingham) and Jenny Lelkes-Rarugal (BBIH editor) discuss how the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) can be used to research and teach the histories of social class. BBIH and the histories of social...
Bringing the VCH to Westmorland: Launching Lonsdale Ward, the First Red Book for Cumbria
In this blogpost, Dr Sarah Rose, Assistant Editor of the Victoria County History (VCH) project in Cumbria, describes the milestone achievement of producing Westmorland volume I, Lonsdale Ward. This is Westmorland’s first VCH publication and the 250th volume in...