“Depositories of local knowledge”: Using trade directories in the 19th-century town

Dec 11, 2018

By Cristina Sasse Nowadays, when we are new to a town or need to find information about a doctor or a certain type of shop, we use internet search engines, web mapping services, and mobile navigation apps to find what we want. We use social media, online...

Eighteenth-century histories of Norwich and the political vernacular

Feb 18, 2013

British History in the Long 18th CenturyEighteenth-century histories of Norwich and the political vernacularDaniel Howse (University of East Anglia)11 January 2012  This is a guest post by Paul McMenemy, one of IHR Digital’s winter interns from the University of...

Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776

Feb 14, 2013

Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776 British History in the Long 18th Century SeminarPaul Davis (Princeton)25 January 2012Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776This is a guest post by Paul McMenemy, one of IHR Digital’s winter...

English children’s work during the Second World War

Jul 19, 2012

Voluntary Action History16 January 2012Berry Mayall (Institute of Education)English children’s work during the Second World War Are children citizens in Britain or citizens-in-preparation?  At the heart of Berry Mayall’s paper to the Voluntary Action History seminar...

What is a City? The English experience (Anglo-American 2009)

Jun 19, 2012

Anglo-American conference 2009What is a City? The English experience John Beckett (Centre for Local History, IHR)2 July 2009Abstract: This paper will present an overview, concluding that England has two leagues of cities: a largely medieval league of what are now...