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.
History Now: the IHR Summer School, 2020 A one week summer school exploring why the past matters now more than ever, and new approaches to history and its future. Held at the IHR, 13-17 July 2020.
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.
18 feb The IHR’s journal, ‘Historical Research’, moves to Oxford University Press From February 2020, the IHR's academic journal moves to Oxford University Press. The journal now has an international editorial board, an ambitious agenda for s…
13 feb The IHR Strategy, 2020-25: 1. Digital History Following the launch of the IHR's Strategy, 2020-25 last week, we begin a series looking at key elements of the Institute's future. We begin with digital and di…
11 feb Exploring publishing trends in the Bibliography of British and Irish Histor… BBIH editors spend a great deal of time checking new publications across a wide range of historical subject areas. This gives them an excellent insight to shift…
10 feb A new look for the Bibliography of British and Irish History The latest update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History (February 2020) adds two important enhancements: 4500 new records, plus a new user-interface …
05 feb Institute of Historical Research Mission and Strategy, 2020-2025 Professor Jo Fox, Director of the IHR, introduces the IHR's Mission and Strategy for 2020-2025, launching on 5 February 2020. The post Institute of Historical R…
04 feb Diversity and Inequality in the Library Libraries 'know we have a problem', as a 2019 report by Mohammed Ishaq and Asifa Maaria Hussain for the Standing Conference of National and University Libraries…
17 dec Advise the Wohl Library and Archive Are you an early-career researcher? Would you like to help shape the development of the Wohl Library of the Institute of Historical Research? The post Advise t…
16 dec The medieval scriptorium visualised The BBC's recent screening of 'The Name of the Rose' was rich in images of the medieval scriptorium. But how accurate are these depictions? Sara Charles compare…
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.
