IHR Events Archive

This workshop aims to de-mystify the process of writing for broader audiences, discussing proposal writing, getting an agent and finding a publisher.

How is Empire integrated into the collective memory of the United Kingdom? 

This event focused on the memories of the colonial education (respectively in British Guiana and Barbados) from the speakers Joyce Trotman & Sherlene Rudder OBE

64 organisations joined us to celebrate and explore library, museum, archive and history collections from across the UK & beyond.

In this discussion we ask Ron about his motivation for collecting radical voices, why he thinks the collection matters, & what his most prized acquisitions are.

Join Stef Dickers to hear how the LGBTQIA+ History archive was developed. Find out about the stories and adventures behind the collections.

If nations are ‘imagined communities’, how has the idea of ‘parish’ contributed to our shared sense of identity and belonging?

This event celebrated much-loved former IHR receptionist Glen Jacques and his contribution to the IHR.

Susan Reynolds (1929-2021) was one of the leading figures in medieval history over the past forty years. This symposium will reflect on Susan and her imapact.

This event explores some policy lessons from the New Labour experience.

This online training session will introduce you to the wealth of resources available to research environmental histories at the ICS, IHR & SHL.

Speakers discussed and explored the pitfalls to avoid, and shared tips and tricks to support your work delivering public engagement.

A seminar exploring the Labour Party’s proposals for an employment rights New Deal in historical perspective.

In this special discussion an expert panel discussed the historical precedents and try to identify the lessons they might offer to contemporary policy-makers.

The Deputy Chair of Sub-panel 28: History explained how REF2021 worked and what the results do, and don't, tell us.

This round-table discussion focused on the connections between History and print Journalism and how each field can benefit from collaborating with the other.

Corruption and Standard in British Politics: The launch of The Many Lives of Corruption: The reform of public life in modern Britain c. 1750-1950.

This workshop focused on turning a PhD thesis into a scholarly monograph and followed by a ‘demystifying academic publishing’ Q and A.

This symposium bought together a diverse range of scholars to reflect upon Derek’s career as a historian and his impact upon urban history.

This symposium took the 1872 Ballot Act as the starting point for a broader examination of the history of voting reform.

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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.

Latest events, seminars, workshops, public lectures and training from the Institute of Historical Research