Research Training

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

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.

This free module provides an overview of important concepts both in terms of the historical data that might be used in databases and in terms of the design process.

This course aims to provide a critical introduction to some of the most influential frameworks of explanation in historical work today.

The ‘spatial turn’ is a now well-established historical concept and practice. This course explains how to apply space as a category of analysis and how to use maps as source materials.

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.

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

The IHR offers a wide range of awards, bursaries and prizes to enable and reward high-quality research and publishing.

We offer an M.Phil/PhD programme supervised by research subject area experts.

IHR Early Career Research Fellowships provide funding to enable early career historians to complete a doctorate or to undertake post-doctoral research.

Explore our digital research projects and resources that can help facilitate historical study, teaching, research and publishing.