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.
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…
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.
Digital History Digital is central to everything we do at the IHR. We've a well-established reputation as a creator of digital resources and digital approaches to the past.
