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31 oct VCH Ghost Story With the nights drawing in, it’s the season for storytelling. This curious and disconcerting letter was found recently in the archive of the Victoria County His…
26 oct Bibliography of British and Irish History October 2024 update What’s new in BBIH? The October 2024 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds 4,622 new publications. The new update includes books, …
23 oct Digitising Red Books: the rigours and rewards of increasing online access t… In this second of two blog posts, Anne-Marie Harvatt, VCH Digitisation Summer Intern 2024, reflects on the challenges and potentials of digitising historical so…
16 oct Digitising Red Books: the rigours and rewards of increasing online access t… In this blog post, Anne-Marie Harvatt, VCH Digitisation Summer Intern 2024, reflects on the process of digitising VCH volumes for British History Online. …
14 oct Reviews in History – Mini reviews The IHR’s online book review journal, Reviews in History, would love you to send us a short review on a recent History book, article, chapter, film, exhibit, ev…
09 oct Call for Section Editor: Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) The Bibliography of British and Irish History seeks to appoint one new Section Editor with research and/or teaching expertise in the following area: Section Edi…
09 oct Reporting back from the 2024 ‘Place-Based Histories: interdisciplinary ECR … In this blog post Ruth Slatter (IHR) and Kathy Davies (History Lab Plus) reflect on the IHR, Centre for the History of People, Place and Community, and History …
01 oct Becoming a Historian: Further Thoughts This blog post was written by Tim Hitchcock and Penelope J. Corfield, authors of Becoming a Historian: An Informal Guide. In it they respond to questions from I…
31 may Why History Matters History matters. History helps us to understand our world today and to know that things were not always thus.
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.
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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.