This post was written by Penelope Corfield, and originally appeared on her monthly blog. When remembering my colleague Conrad Russell (1937-2004),1 the first thing that comes to mind is his utterly distinctive presence. He was an English eccentric, in full and...
We would like to thank regular Friday night library readers for their induldgence over a few evenings in November. Regular visitors to the library may have noticed the odd room closed for mysterious purposes, spotted our Low Countries post-doctoral fellow poring over...
Discounted subscriptions to the online Bibliography of British and Irish History are available to Friends of the IHR who may not have access to the Bibliography through a university or other institution. The Bibliography is a joint project of the IHR,...
Historical Research, vol. lxxxix, no 246 Contents: ‘A mission he bore – to Duke William he came’: Harold Godwineson’s Commentumand his covert ambitions. Ad F. J. van Kempen The chronology of the de Mortemer family of Wigmore, c.1075–1185, and the consolidation...
Inaugural Kehoe Lecture in Irish History 2016 “Never so simple and clear again”: Memory, Disillusionment and the Aftermath of the Irish Revolution. Speaker: Professor Roy Foster (University of Oxford) The IHR invites you to join us in Beveridge Hall...
The latest update to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography—published on Thursday 6 October 2016—adds biographies of 89 men and women active over 500 years of British history. October’s update includes an entry on the artist Tirzah Garwood (1908-1951), who was...
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