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.
29 jun The Bibliography of British and Irish History: a guide to online teaching a… With History teaching now online, how can the Bibliography of British and Irish History help lecturers and students? In this joint post with the Royal Historica…
23 jun Who was your great, great supervisor? 30,000 History PhDs now available on … British History Online now includes records of 30,000 History PhDs and theses, completed 1901-2014. New metadata enables searching by subject, university and su…
21 jun Latest issue of Historical Research The May 2020 issue of Historical Research is now available, published by Oxford University Press. The post Latest issue of Historical Research appeared first on…
18 jun IHR Partnership Seminars. A New Programme The IHR is launching a new Partnership Seminar programme, and now invites applications. Partnership seminars will use online platforms to connect historians nat…
16 jun Expertise unbound? The state and its use of specialists in times of crisis The fusing of scientific expertise with government is a key feature of responses to the COVID-19 emergency. As Christopher Phillips shows, the role of and relia…
10 jun Bibliography of British and Irish History: June update adds 4288 records of… The June update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds records of over 4000 new titles, many published in 2019-20. Here, BBIH Editor, Simon Baker…
08 jun History Librarians Workshop, 18 June On Thursday 18 June, the IHR is running a History Librarians Workshop. Join us and other history librarians to examine the challenges posed by the current envir…
07 jun Layers of London: news digest for June Layers of London, the IHR's digital mapping project, has a busy month ahead and much to take part in. Webinars, book clubs and a call for your images of postbox…
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.
