Research Training

We deliver high-quality training programmes and short courses to a wide community of historians and professionals, and provide unique distance learning opportunities.

Each year we run an extensive programme of training in historical research skills for professional historians, independent researchers, and early career scholars. Courses vary in length from one day to one term, and cover a variety of subjects from language learning to digital research practices.

We are also happy to devise and teach bespoke training in all areas of historical research and method for university departments, museums, local studies centres, and specialist and community groups anywhere in the UK.

Contact the research training office

Get in touch to learn more about research training opportunities at the IHR.

Email: ihr.events@sas.ac.uk
Office hours: Monday-Friday (09:00-16:30)

Our courses

Databases for historians

This 4-day course is an introduction to the theory and practice of constructing and using databases.

Day for new research students

The Institute of Historical Research is delighted to welcome those commencing research degrees in history and related disciplines in London, the South East and throughout the UK.

Historical GIS 1: Historical Maps and using them in GIS

This 1 day course focuses upon working with historic maps as sources, and the skills and tools needed to work with them digitally.

Historical GIS 2: Analysing Historical Data in GIS

This 1 day course introduces the practicalities of mapping historical information using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software.

Methods and sources for historical research

This course aims to equip historical researchers with the skills they will need to find and gain access to all the primary source materials they need for their projects.

Palaeography and diplomatic

The course is designed to help students to work with medieval and early modern manuscripts.

22 nov

Place-based public history in the Highlands and Islands

Juliette Desportes has recently finished a collaborative internship between the IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community and the University o…

16 nov

Henry VIII and the IHR Library

This blog post was written by Sophia Benko, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at the IHR Wohl Library. While librarians always live in fear of fire destroying …

16 nov

Kings and Witches: exploring the sources of Macbeth in the IHR Library

This blog was written by Michael Townsend, Collections and Metadata Librarian at the IHR Wohl Library. While Macbeth is familiar to many, being one of…

15 nov

First Impressions of the IHR Wohl Library

This blog was written in October by Sophia Benko, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at the IHR Wohl Library. To celebrate having worked at the IHR library for …

13 nov

Gender and Bathing in Antiquity

This blog was written by Dr Giacomo Savani, an expert in Roman baths and ancient senses, and a recent intern looking at gender histories in the Bibliography of …

09 nov

Bibliography of British and Irish History: October 2023 update

What’s new in BBIH?   The October 2023 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds 4,091 new publications. The new update includes books, …

09 nov

The Bloomsbury | IHR Inclusive Histories Initiative 2023 Award

Bloomsbury Academic and the IHR host an Inclusive Histories partnership, that seeks to improve the publishing opportunities available for ea…

08 nov

VCH Outstanding Contribution Awards 2023

Earlier this year we were delighted to make our second annual round of VCH Outstanding Contribution Awards, nominated by the VCH community. We would like to tha…