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.
Online Courses We offer a range of free online courses, covering subjects as diverse as data preservation, designing databases, digital tools and palaeography.
Study with Us We offer taught postgraduate courses and M.Phil/PhD programmes supervised by research subject area experts.
MRes in Historical Research The IHR offers an MRes degree in Historical Research, comprising taught sessions and a 30,000 word dissertation.
MPhil / PhD The IHR has an active research programme of MPhil and PhD degrees for full and part-time students.
MA in Garden and Landscape History The IHR offers an MA in Garden and Landscape History, comprising taught sessions and a 15,000 word dissertation.
History Lab History Lab is the national network for postgraduate students in history and related disciplines.
History Lab Plus History Lab Plus is a network that supports early career historians and independent researchers.
27 may The IHR: new & necessary responses to the current crisis The COVID-19 crisis is having profound effects on the research infrastructure. This is especially so for early researchers. Here Jo Fox sets out the IHR's respo…
26 may Coming soon: the latest BBIH update … with thanks The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is updated three times each year. June's update will add 4000 new records. Here, we appreciate the many han…
23 may Latest books from Reviews in History The IHR's Reviews in History publishes regular essays on new books. Reviews appear weekly. In case you missed them, here's a selection of the latest reviews. Th…
21 may Research Under Lockdown: an update on Open and Free Access Material for Res… Among all this activity, in April teams across the IHR, including the library, IHR Digital and the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community, compil…
15 may ‘What’s in a name?’: cataloguing in a decolonising library By Michael Townsend In February of this year we outlined in Diversity and inequality in the library the measures the IHR library is taking to make its spaces an…
14 may The IHR Conference Series: an introduction & call for proposals The IHR Conference Series is central to the Institute's publishing programme. The series comprises scholarly essay collections on a wide range of subjects - all…
07 may The monarchy, mythmaking, and VE Day For the 75th anniversary of VE Day, and the royal balcony appearance, media historian Ed Owens charts the royal family's cultivation of an increasingly professi…
05 may IHR seminars going online for Summer term A number of IHR seminar series are now online for their Summer 2020 programme. Here's a rolling list with information on how to access papers and join the live …
Library The IHR Wohl Library has one of the world's greatest collections of open shelf primary works & reference materials.
Seminars, A-Z We are home to the UK's largest programme of research seminars dedicated to history, with over 70 meeting regularly during the academic year. All welcome, explore the directory.
Centre for the History of People, Place and Community The Centre for the History of People, Place and Community fosters engaged, innovative research into placed histories across all regions and periods.
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.
