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.
British and Irish Furniture Makers Online British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO) is a digital resource that offers new approaches to the history of trades and material culture.
IHR Books Series The IHR publishes a range of book series, including edited collections, experimental short histories and a new set of monographs by early career historians.
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.
12 aug Understanding the Gough Map: an application of physics, chemistry and histo… Catherine Delano-Smith, IHR Senior Research Fellow, outlines her new Leverhulme-funded research project to study the medieval Gough Map, with the help of physic…
18 jul Can a short life be a good life? Brevity in historical biography What's the value of writing a brief life? How does biographical brevity contribute to historical knowledge? Philip Carter recently considered these questions at…
04 jul Getting Muddy: The IHR Wohl Library Mudlark How can 'mud' be used as a creative metaphor for discovery, but also as a starting point for transformative and imaginative engagement with historical sources? …
02 jul IHR@Manchester Reflections on IHR@Manchester, a day of workshops for ECRs and librarians co-organised with the John Rylands Research Institute. The post IHR@Manchester appeare…
13 jun Kin support and the English poor: evidence from Lancashire, c.1620–1710 How important were kinship ties in the support of the English poor? In this post Jonathan Healey introduces his new article published in Historical Research. Th…
07 may Competition for the IHR’s 2019 Pollard Prize Competition for 2019 has now closed; winners will be announced. The Pollard Prize is awarded annually for the best paper presented at an Institute of Historical…
06 may Women and Peace: Pat Arrowsmith and Greenham Common What is the nature of the relationship between feminism and peace activism? Amy Todd explores the case of the Greenham Common Peace Camp in the 1980s. The post …
06 may Women and Peace: Helen Crawfurd The second of a three part series in which Amy Todd shares the biographies and stories of women in peace activism. The post Women and Peace: Helen Crawfurd app…
Research Training The IHR offers a wide range of training courses for historians at all career stages, from digital research and oral history to archives and publishing.
Study with Us We offer taught postgraduate courses and M.Phil/PhD programmes supervised by research subject area experts.
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Fellowships Our Fellows are an essential part of the IHR's vibrant research community. We offer Junior, Senior and Associate Research Fellowships.
