Images from IHR@Manchester (July 2019)
Organised with the John Rylands Research Institute, IHR@Manchester offered guides to digital resources and sessions on publishing and for history librarians.
Introducing IHR@
As the UK's national centre for history, the IHR's remit extends well beyond its physical building in London. We've long pursued this remit via our digital resources and research partnerships, to which we now add our annual IHR@ series.
IHR@ are history training days held at universities across the UK. Institute staff work with historians at the host department to provide research training, networking opportunities, in depth sessions on topics including public history or publishing for historians, and panel debates on pressing questions such as history and fake news.
We began the series in 2019 and last year hosted IHR@Sheffield, in association with their Centre for Contemporary and Modern History, and IHR@Manchester, with historians from the John Rylands Research Institute.
Current events for 2020 are IHR@Swansea (30 April) and IHR@Belfast (date to be announced).
Next event: IHR@Swansea
Join us on 30 April in the Taliesin Create space at Swansea University for a day of workshops, training, networking and discussion, aimed particularly at early career historians. Sessions include Media Engagement for Historians, featuring experts in TV and radio, a workshop on Diversity in the Archive, and a panel discussion on Public History. You’ll also be able to find out more about how the IHR can support your work, and meet fellow historians.
Full details and booking information coming in late February.
Previous IHR@ events
In 2019 we held our first two IHR@ events in association with History departments at the universities of Sheffield and Manchester.
Demonstrating IHR digital resources for research
Using the 'Bibliography of British and Irish History' to research the history of north-west England.
ECR networking with IHR director Jo Fox
ECRs and history librarians discuss their work at the John Rylands Library, Manchester.
Concluding panel debate: 'Being a historian in an age of fake news'
With specialists from Manchester, Liverpool John Moores, Indiana and the IHR; chaired by Hannah Barker, director of the John Rylands Research Institute.
