May 21, 2020
By Michael Townsend Like many places, the IHR has had to temporarily shut its physical doors to staff, students and visitors in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This does not diminish our commitment, however, to serving communities worldwide with a shared passion...
May 15, 2020
By Michael Townsend In February of this year we outlined in Diversity and inequality in the library the measures the IHR library is taking to make its spaces and resources open to all. What follows is a further look into one specific aspect of this general objective:...
Apr 8, 2020
By Matt Shaw We agree: the likelihood of writing King Lear during the current situation is unlikely at best. Our experience of quarantine is rather different to that of William Shakespeare in 1606 (if that is what happened). Despite the gain in time from commuting for...
Apr 6, 2020
By Professor Jo Fox, Director, IHR In this post Jo Fox announces the creation of the IHR’s new guide to Open and Free Access Materials for Research. The new IHR guide provides links to freely accessible research materials and resources, and allows you to...
Mar 25, 2020
Following the closure of the IHR’s premises last week, Institute staff are thinking through how best to support the historical community in the coming weeks. All at the IHR seek to maintain as many of our services and resources as we can. This post sets out...