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30 nov History Day 2023 This year 64 organisations joined us to celebrate and explore library, museum, archive and history collections from across the UK and beyond.
08 nov Celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare's First Folio The School of Advanced Study and Senate House Library have announced an exciting programme of activities to mark the 400th anniversary of the First Folio.
13 oct Join the IHR Trust Are you someone who values the importance of history in our society and wishes to be part of building its future? The consider joining the IHR Trust.
11 oct History and Archives in Practice (HAP2024) The theme for HAP24 is ‘Historical Legacies: collecting history, historical collections and community voices’.
Our Strategy, 2020-2025 Learn more about our strategy as we embark on the IHR's second century of serving as a national home for historians.
Our Mission The Institute of Historical Research is the UK's national centre for history. Learn more about our mission, our values and our vision for the future.
British History Online British History Online is a digital library of key printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland.
Layers of London Layers of London is a groundbreaking crowd-sourced mapping project that records the rich layers of London's heritage.
Historical Research Historical Research is the IHR's academic journal. Founded in 1923, it is a leading peer-reviewed journal with an international readership and reputation.
Bibliography of British and Irish History The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is the most extensive guide available to what's been published on British and Irish history.
Victoria County History The Victoria County History is one of the world's longest-running research projects, exploring England's rich local history.
The Windrush Scandal in a Transnational and Commonwealth Context This research project seeks, for the first time, to produce a scholarly examination of the so-called ‘Windrush Scandal’ within a fully transnational framework.
Reviews in History Reviews in History is the IHR's online reviews service. It provides specialist commentaries on the latest historical books, exhibitions and digital resources.
Open Access Publishing The IHR is committed to developing Open Access (OA) publishing for historians. Titles in a range of IHR series appear as OA from first publication.
22 nov Place-based public history in the Highlands and Islands Juliette Desportes has recently finished a collaborative internship between the IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community and the University o…
16 nov Henry VIII and the IHR Library This blog post was written by Sophia Benko, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at the IHR Wohl Library. While librarians always live in fear of fire destroying …
16 nov Kings and Witches: exploring the sources of Macbeth in the IHR Library This blog was written by Michael Townsend, Collections and Metadata Librarian at the IHR Wohl Library. While Macbeth is familiar to many, being one of…
15 nov First Impressions of the IHR Wohl Library This blog was written in October by Sophia Benko, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at the IHR Wohl Library. To celebrate having worked at the IHR library for …
13 nov Gender and Bathing in Antiquity This blog was written by Dr Giacomo Savani, an expert in Roman baths and ancient senses, and a recent intern looking at gender histories in the Bibliography of …
09 nov Bibliography of British and Irish History: October 2023 update What’s new in BBIH?   The October 2023 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds 4,091 new publications. The new update includes books, …
09 nov The Bloomsbury | IHR Inclusive Histories Initiative 2023 Award Bloomsbury Academic and the IHR host an Inclusive Histories partnership, that seeks to improve the publishing opportunities available for ea…
08 nov VCH Outstanding Contribution Awards 2023 Earlier this year we were delighted to make our second annual round of VCH Outstanding Contribution Awards, nominated by the VCH community. We would like to tha…