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VCH Outstanding Contribution Awards 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...
Historical Research
The Evil May Day riot of 1517 and the European Union elections of 2014: Writing about the history of anti-immigrant politics
Brodie Waddell’s latest article The Evil May Day riot of 1517 and the popular politics of anti-immigrant hostility in early modern London is published in the latest issue of Historical Research. Here Brodie explains the development of that research. In the Spring of...
London coffee houses of the late eighteenth century
Anna Brinkman-Schwartz’s latest article 'The heart of the maritime world: London’s ‘mercantile’ coffee houses in the Seven Years’ War and the American War of Independence, 1756–83' (open access) is published in the latest issue of Historical Research. Here she...
Henry Knighton, the Commons and the Crisis of Governance in the 1380s
Gwilym Dodd's latest article 'Henry Knighton, the Commons and the Crisis of Governance in the 1380s' is published in the latest issue of Historical Research. Here he explains more about this subject, and the problems with analysing historical writing. ‘To our...
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.
Victoria County History
VCH Outstanding Contribution Awards 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...
Bringing the VCH Past to Wikipedia Present
In this blog, VCH General Editor, Adam Chapman and IHR Collections Librarian, Michael Townsend, introduce the VCH Archive and how it is being used to broaden other projects (including Wikipedia). As you might imagine, like any 123-year-old organisation, The...
VCH Outstanding Contribution Awards 2022
On 12 October, 2022, we were delighted to make our inaugural round of VCH Outstanding Contribution Awards, nominated by the VCH community. They’re a chance for us to thank colleagues for their exceptional work on this national local history project, and to share...
Supporting Early-Career Historians: The Victoria County History
This post was written by Adam Chapman, the General Editor of the Victoria County History, and Lecturer in Medieval History at the Institute of Historical Research.[Working for the VCH] sparked my long-forgotten childhood curiosity around the history of place, what...
Bibliography of British and Irish History
Gender and Bathing in Antiquity
This blog was written by Dr Giacomo Savani, an expert in Roman baths and ancient senses, and a recent intern looking at gender histories in the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). A version of this text was posted on the Women’s History Network blog in...
Bibliography of British and Irish History: October 2023 update
What’s new in BBIH? The October 2023 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds 4,091 new publications. The new update includes books, journal articles, book chapters, and edited collections covering all areas of British and Irish history,...
Researching Black British History, Race, and Ethnicity in the Bibliography of British and Irish History
Gaverne Bennett, PhD history research student at Leicester University, has recently completed a three month internship at the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) looking at Race and Ethnicity. He also created the Guardian newspapers bestselling black...
Emotions in the Bibliography of British and Irish History
This blog was written by Dr Sarah Collins, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Newcastle University. Emotions, as the saying goes, make us human. Without thinking, we are surrounded by consequences of emotional decision making—our families, our work, our environment;...
Reviews in History
The IHR’s Reviews in History
The IHR’s Reviews in History publishes weekly commentaries on new books. Our reviews are longer than those in many academic journals and focus on titles published in the last year. ‘Reviews’ will be taking a break during July and the first half of August, but look...
‘Reviews in History’, 2020: the year in review
During 2020 the IHR’s Reviews in History site has published reviews and responses on 75 notable monographs and edited collections. This post highlights a few of the themes to emerge from a year in Reviews and thanks all those who contribute to this important branch of scholarship, especially in 2020.
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.
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...