By Christine Evans Appleyard (MRes, IHR, 2019) There can be few visitors to the IHR building in Senate House who have not stepped inside the Weston Common Room. Rather like the family kitchen, it is the natural gathering place for essential refuelling and informal...
In the second of two blog posts for the IHR centenary project From Jazz to Digital: exploring the student contribution at the IHR, 1921-2021. Current IHR students find out about the first students to attend IHR seminars and what became of them? ...
This is the first in a series of blog posts by current and former post-graduate students of the Institute to mark the Institute’s centenary. They will offer different personal perspectives on the student experience at the Institute over the last hundred years. Duncan...
What role do anniversaries play in public history? How do we negotiate the commemoration of complex pasts? In the IHR’s centenary year, an online international conference hosted in partnership between the Institute of Historical Research and the Centre for...
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...
