Nov 8, 2023
Earlier this year we were delighted to make our second annual round of VCH Outstanding Contribution Awards, nominated by the VCH community. We would like to thank everyone who submitted a nomination. These aren’t long service awards—though some of the recipients have...
Oct 21, 2023
This post was written by Zach Marshall, who completed an internship at the IHR in August 2023, working on the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), Reviews in History and On History. From a young age, history fascinated me, from looking at old family...
Oct 19, 2023
Are you an early-career researcher / practitioner? Would you like to help shape the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community at the Institute of Historical Research, and help us include more diverse voices and perspectives in what we do? We’re looking for...
Oct 4, 2023
Since 2019 a team of archivists, creative practitioners, curators, and researchers have been exploring the life and work of the little-known artist and devout Methodist James Smetham. In this blog post, Dr Ruth Slatter (IHR Lecturer in Historic Environment and...
Sep 28, 2023
The IHR’s People, Place and Community seminar and embedding knowledge exchange in historical research. Dr Ruth Slatter joined the IHR in May 2023 as Lecturer in Historic Environment and Knowledge Exchange. As part of the IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place...
Aug 25, 2023
Volume 5 During the month of August we will be sharing summer reading lists, experiences, and suggestions from the IHR community. If you’d like to share your own, please Tweet (X) us @ihr_history. In this blog, we hear from Neil Stewart, Head of the IHR Library....