From Heritage Trail to History Book: The Story of Langley Burrell

From Heritage Trail to History Book: The Story of Langley Burrell

Oct 10, 2025

In this blogpost, Dr Louise Ryland-Epton describes the gestation of her Victoria County History (VCH), Partnership Publication, which illuminates how VCH research engages with local communities and, in partnership, can expand our mutual understanding of past places....
Place-Based Public and Community History  

Place-Based Public and Community History  

Jun 24, 2025

In this blog post, Ruth Slatter (from the IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community) and Iain Robertson (from the University of Highlands and Islands’ Centre for History) reflect on the Place-Based Public and Community History Workshop they organised...
Announcing the new IHR MA History Place and Community 

Announcing the new IHR MA History Place and Community 

Jan 13, 2023

We’re hugely excited to be launching our new MA History Place and Community from the Institute of Historical Research, with applications now open for autumn 2023.  All histories are grounded in place. Communities shape our identities, whether through local...
IHR #OurCentury: Events Across the UK

IHR #OurCentury: Events Across the UK

May 18, 2021

From Dover to Glasgow, from film screenings and walking tours to art workshops and steel bands, IHR #OurCentury events will celebrate history in its many forms, right across the UK. Following a huge response to our Open Call, we are delighted to announce events...