Sports and Celebrations

For the UK, 2012 is turning into one of those years where celebrations mingle with fears of recession and global economic catastrophe.  It’s an odd mix.  The hosting of the Olympics and Paralympics Games this summer alongside the recent celebration of Queen Elizabeth...

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? ...
History SPOT UPDATE: Podcasts now freely available!

History SPOT UPDATE: Podcasts now freely available!

I have some exciting news for you today.  In the first of many updates to the History SPOT website that we will be undertaking over the next few months, we have now made available all of our back-catalogue of podcasts available outside of the registration. This...

E-books and e-content

Last week I attended the 2012 e-book and e-content conference at UCL which took a look at the current landscape of e-learning.  It was a really interesting day and I came away with various ideas for how the IHR might improve and distribute its online training content...

Filming Palaeography films

The IHR Digital and Research Training departments within the Institute of Historical Research are currently in the process of adapting face to face courses for online delivery, which will eventually appear on History SPOT.  One of those ventures is a palaeography...