Food in History – Anglo-American conference 2013 Day 2 podcasts

Day two of the 82nd Anglo-American conference of Historians continued the wide-ranging discussion of food throughout history.  From the second day we recorded two plenary talks and a lunch time policy forum.  These are now available as podcasts on History SPOT. Policy...

Ancients and Moderns

The 81st Anglo-American conference will be held by the IHR at the beginning of July on the topic of Ancients and Moderns.  How does the modern world (in respective periods) look upon the ancient past?  How is it used to validate the present or inform the discourse? ...

IHR re-development update (May 2012)

 It’s been a while since our last post here but finally we have some exciting news to share concerning the renovation of the Institute of Historical Research.  The Senate House Phase 4 renovation is proceeding at pace and the designs and plans have now been developed...

Novel Approaches: A Virtual Conference

Tomorrow around 4.30pm you’ll find me running around setting up audio equipment in preparation for the first part of the IHR’s Novel Approaches: from academic history to historical fiction conference.  The conference seeks to look at the intersection and...