IHR@Manchester

IHR@Manchester

Jul 2, 2019

By Philip Carter On 25 June the Institute headed to the north-west for IHR@Manchester, a day research workshop for early career historians and History librarians. The day was jointly organised with the John Rylands Research Institute and held in the Historic...
What’s On? Special events coming up this spring

What’s On? Special events coming up this spring

Apr 15, 2019

‘New Approaches to Writing History’ 6.30pm, Thursday 9 May 2019, followed by a reception. Clore Lecture Theatre, Torrington Place, Birkbeck, University of London Organised in partnership with the Raphael Samuel History Centre Places are free but booking is...
Autumn Lectures on Irish, Public, and Modern British History

Autumn Lectures on Irish, Public, and Modern British History

Nov 9, 2018

During November 2018, the IHR will host three of its annual named lectures in modern Irish History, Public History and Modern British History with Senia Paseta, Lucy Delap and Richard Vinen. The lectures will be held in the Institute of Historical Research at the...
‘Songs of Suffrage’: a concert of music and readings

‘Songs of Suffrage’: a concert of music and readings

Oct 16, 2018

What was the music of the women’s suffrage campaign? Who were the leading women composers and musicians of 1910s and 20s, and what was their contribution to the suffrage cause? On 1 November, the IHR co-hosts, ‘Songs of Suffrage’—a concert of music and...
Motherhood, Loss and the First World War

Motherhood, Loss and the First World War

Oct 9, 2018

By Matthew Shaw There have been numerous acts of commemoration for the centenary of the First World War. Many of these have undoubtedly chimed in meaningful ways with the public’s imagination or emotion, such as Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of...