Remembering Glen Jacques Many IHR members will have fond memories of Glen Jacques who worked at IHR reception 2005-2021. Sadly Glen died on 21 April 2022 after a period of ill health. Read more here
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30 Jan 2023 ‘There is scarcely a greater plague that can infest society than swarms of beggars’: the rise and fall of the mendicity society movement in Ireland, 1815–45
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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.
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25 jan Creative Repurposing of Heritage Assets The IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community recently published the findings of a project on ‘Creative Repurposing and Levelling Up: History,…
13 jan Announcing the new IHR MA History Place and Community We’re hugely excited to be launching our new MA History Place and Community from the Institute of Historical Research, with applications now open for autumn 202…
11 jan History Day 2022 Now in its ninth year, this free one-day event aims to bring together students, researchers, and anyone with an interest in history, with information profession…
09 jan Get to Know Medieval Londoners – New Crowdsourced Research Learn about the exciting Medieval Londoners project in this guest blog from Grace Campagna—and discover how you can get involved through Who Do You Think You Ar…
08 dec Bringing the VCH Past to Wikipedia Present The post Bringing the VCH Past to Wikipedia Present appeared first on On History.
02 dec UK Disability History Month This blog post was written by Jenny Lelkes-Rarugal, Editor for the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). Data derived from the Bibliography of Briti…
21 nov The Return of Applied History This blog post was written by Jacob Forward, History & Policy Project Support Officer In May this year, History & Policy celebrated the 20th anniversary…
12 nov At home and in the classroom: histories of science and technology in the IH… This blog post was written by Michael Townsend, Collections and Metadata Librarian at the Institute of Historical Research Library. It is often surprising the b…
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