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Using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) as a PhD research tool – Phil Winterbottom

Mar 8, 2024

In this blog, PhD student Phil Winterbottom reflects on the ways in which he has used BBIH as a tool to help him develop his historiographical knowledge and keep up to date with the latest research in his field. When I began my PhD research in 2020 I had not...

PhD –> BHO –> BL –> PhD: linking British History Online’s thesis data to the British Library

Dec 7, 2020

By Jonathan Blaney In this post, Jonathan Blaney—editor of British History Online—explains the latest stage in BHO’s project recording the history of History PhDs in the UK and Ireland. Earlier this year we completed work to digitize, index and publish records of...

Who was your great, great supervisor? 30,000 History PhDs now available on British History Online

Jun 23, 2020

By Philip Carter British History Online has recently digitised and published the records of 22,000 history PhDs from UK and Irish universities. The records cover research degrees awarded between 1970 and 2014, drawn from the IHR’s annual print catalogues of recently...

The History PhD at 90 (part 3 of 3) Choice of PhD topics over the last century

Jan 24, 2012

Beyond the interviews the virtual exhibition (which is well worth a look) includes various statistics (largely gathered from the 1990s London PhD project that looked into the history of History doctorates between 1921 and 1990 at the University of London and the more...

The History PhD at 90 (part 2 of 3): PhD Interviews

Jan 23, 2012

Last year I was interviewed about my experiences of the PhD as part of the IHR’s celebration of the 90th anniversary of the PhD in Britain. I don’t claim to be an expert or necessarily to have anything particularly interesting to say on the subject as every...

Using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) as a PhD research tool – Phil Winterbottom

PhD –> BHO –> BL –> PhD: linking British History Online’s thesis data to the British Library

Who was your great, great supervisor? 30,000 History PhDs now available on British History Online

The History PhD at 90 (part 3 of 3) Choice of PhD topics over the last century

The History PhD at 90 (part 2 of 3): PhD Interviews

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