Latest Publications
from the Institute of Historical Research
Spotlight
Environment & History: call for posts to new IHR blog series
The IHR is commissioning a short series of blog posts on the theme of ‘Environment & History’ and on the intersection of environment histories with contemporary debates and policy formation. If you research in this field, and would like to be considered, please get in touch. We’re especially keen to hear from early career researchers.
Historical Research
Rehabilitating the past: the former ruling house of Germany wants financial compensation
In this post, Karina Urbach, Senior Research Fellow at the IHR, introduces ‘Useful idiots: the Hohenzollerns and Hitler’, her new article for the Institute’s journal, Historical Research.
Polesworth abbey (Warws.) and the Marmion lord of Tamworth castle
In this post Nigel Tringham writes about the research for his new ‘Historical Research’ article, published in June 2020. As Nigel explains, founding a a monastic house in middle ages could be a complicated affair.
Latest issue of Historical Research
The May 2020 issue of Historical Research is now available, published by Oxford University Press.
Silken Priests: Catholic Disguise and Anti-Popery on the English Mission 1569-1640
The early modern historian, Sarah Johanesen, discusses her research on disguise within Catholic culture, and the place of physical deception in anti-papal conflict and intra-Catholic disputes.
Victoria County History
New from the Victoria County History of Essex: St Osyth to the Naze: North-East Essex Coastal Parishes, Part 1
The latest publication in the Victoria County History (VCH) series for the county of Essex is the first part of volume XII, St Osyth to the Naze: North-East Essex Coastal Parishes and is now available from Boydell & Brewer.
Free Online Training from the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community
From September the IHR’s Centre for the History of People Place and Community will run four free online training seminars, supporting skills for those working in local history.
New from the Victoria County History of Herefordshire: Colwall
The latest VCH Short, now published, explores the history of Colwall in Herefordshire. It’s the third Short title for the county, from the VCH Herefordshire and published by University of London Press.
Polesworth abbey (Warws.) and the Marmion lord of Tamworth castle
In this post Nigel Tringham writes about the research for his new ‘Historical Research’ article, published in June 2020. As Nigel explains, founding a a monastic house in middle ages could be a complicated affair.
Bibliography of British and Irish History
Bibliography of British and Irish History: October 2020 update adds records of 4425 recent publications
The October 2020 update of BBIH – the IHR’s ‘Bibliography of British and Irish History’ – is now available. The new update adds detailed records of 4425 recent publications on the British and Irish pasts and British world history.
What’s trending in new historical writing? Four perspectives from the Bibliography of British and Irish History
The Summer 2020 update of the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) adds records of 4200 recent publications. Here we spot some trends from this new historical writing, including histories of celebrity and the ‘animal turn’.
The Bibliography of British and Irish History: a guide to online teaching and student research
With History teaching now online, how can the Bibliography of British and Irish History help lecturers and students? In this joint post with the Royal Historical Society, we offer three key uses of BBIH at this time.
Bibliography of British and Irish History: June 2020 update adds 4288 records of recent publications
The June update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds records of over 4000 new titles, many published in 2019-20. Here, BBIH Editor, Simon Baker, looks at the global reach of this latest update.
Reviews in History
Reviews in History: call to join our editorial advisory board
‘Reviews in History’, the IHR’s academic reviews service, is looking to extend its editorial advisory network: if you’d like to share your expertise and recommendations for new History books and publishing, then please do get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.
Latest books from Reviews in History
The latest summary of books included in the IHR’s ‘Reviews in History’ service, including studies on Peterloo, Renaissance art crime, and a curious and illuminating story of eighteenth-century rabbit breeding.
‘Collaborators’ and ‘Crashed’: short, sharp readers’ Reviews
Last month we launched a new strand to the IHR’s Reviews in History series: readers’ short commentaries on books that impress. We begin with two studies of modern world turmoil, and a readers’ guide to new works on early modern religious practice.
Latest books from Reviews in History
The IHR’s Reviews in History publishes regular essays on new books. Reviews appear weekly. In case you missed them, here’s a selection of the latest reviews.
Open Access Publishing
#OpenAccess at the IHR: five new publishing initiatives
For OpenAccess Week 2018 (21-28 October), five initiatives from the IHR on disseminating its scholarly content and new forms of publishing for historians.
Open Access Week 2017: share and aware
Researcher awareness and engagement with open access data and sharing is increasing, that is according to a 2017 State of Open Data Report published by Figshare this week. This does not come as a surprise to me and, as a publisher of open access research in a variety...
A new open access series with the Royal Historical Society
The IHR has the great pleasure of announcing our partnership with the Royal Historical Society (RHS) to publish a new, open access series of monographs and shorter form works, further solidifying our commitment to open access. New Historical Perspectives will seek to...
Digital development: a commitment to OA
When I joined the IHR in early August, I did so with the challenging assignment of helping to further the Institute’s mission to embrace the opportunities of digital content delivery and enable greater access to knowledge, in line with the School’s Statement on Open...