The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
@UoLondon
🎉 Exciting news! Our doctoral fellowships are now open for applications! If you're ready to advance your research, we're here to support you. Learn more and apply today to join our community of innovative scholars.
#IHRFellowships
From today, all Premium Content on British History Online is free to individual users. That's 200 extra vols of primary research materials. Access runs to 30 Apr 2021: details here
@bho_history
hope this helps at a tough time. Please r/t
#twitterstorians
We've been working on a guide to accessing
#research
materials during lockdown.
Includes free and open access online archives, books & digital collections. Ideal for MA or
#PhD
students working to deadlines to finish research projects /1
#VirtualIHR
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Claire Langhamer to the Directorship of the Institute of Historical Research.
Claire will join us on 1 October 2021
An important piece of London's social history is now available, free access, on
@LayersofLondon
.
Charles Booth's poverty maps from his Inquiry into Life and Labour in London (1886-1903) are now available to be explored!
Explore now:
Update: the ace
@IHR_Library
team has swept into action to protect the basement from further flooding. Only a few books got a bit wet. Most of our collection is fine and dandy.
We've added some more suggestions to our curated list of freely available and open access resources for historians. Aimed at MA dissertation students, we hope it is useful to all researchers, esp. at this time.
#twitterstorians
#openaccess
We've created a free listing of 400+ recent publications on Black British History, taken from the 'Bibliography of British & Irish History'. All published 2010-2020:
Thanks to
@Brepols
for their help and
@RoyalHistSoc
#BlackHistoryMonth
#Twitterstorians
BBC News - The UK's first black female history professor says she hopes she's not "the only one" for long
'"I've worked very hard and kept pushing and had a family," she says. "It's hard. I'm tired. It's bleak."'
Update: thanks to this hero, our entrance is water free and we are open to readers and visitors again. Seminars will proceed as normal this evening!
#IHRflood
We've created a new, and growing, list of online historical resources for researchers:
It's intended principally for MA & PhD researchers. Let us know if there's a
#digital
resource we should add, & we'll do so.
#VirtualIHR
#twitterstorians
@IHR_Library
In this second 'lockdown', worth saying that 27 recent IHR books (monographs / ed. collections) + 300 book chapters are available free online via
@UoLPress
and
@JSTOR
#OA
Books.
Here's a selection of 2019-20 titles
#medieval
to
#modern
.
#twitterstorians
We are delighted to announce a new Doctoral Fellowship in Black British History for students in the final stages of their graduate studies.
#BlackBritishHistory
For details about the doctoral fellowship and how to apply, visit:
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new digital magazine and blog, On History!
The site will be home to new debates, ideas, and conversations about history and research. We welcome contributions and submissions! Visit:
Layers of London have just added some of the most beautiful, meticulous and hauntingly tragic maps to their free, online map collection.
You can explore the London County Council's
#WW2
bomb damage maps now:
@LayersofLondon
#openaccess
The Bronze Ceiling: 9 out of 10 of London's figurative statues are dedicated to men.
Millicent Fawcett's statue in parliament square will be unveiled today. What other pioneering women need to be celebrated and commemorated in our public spaces? Tell us.
#RememberHer
All content on British History Online is currently free for research
Now, will you help us write some guides to using
@bho_history
? Guides will help others make most of BHO
More details & contact email in Part 4 of this new BHO blog Thank you
#VirtualIHR
We're very sorry to hear of the death of Justin Champion - an inspiring scholar & good friend of the IHR.
Justin's 2006
@RHULHistory
inaugural lecture - 'What are historians for?' - was published in the IHR's journal & is available here
#twitterstorians
Interested in writing a new kind of history? IHR's 'Short' series invites proposals for research-led essays of c.15-35,000 words
We're interested in quality history that needs alternative formats to journal article or monograph. Fully
#openaccess
too
Interested in writing a new kind of history? IHR's 'Short' series invites proposals for research-led essays of c.15-35,000 words
We're interested in quality history that needs alternative formats to journal article or monograph. Fully
#openaccess
too
Thank you to everyone who made our event ‘Where do we fit in? Black and Asian British History on the Curriculum’ a great success!
We were proud to have over 300 people gathered to reflect and think about ways to take action. Thanks to all our speakers and poets who took part!
150 years ago today - at 1pm on 3 May 1869 - 9 female students began first British
#university
examination for women. Here's their story
To be followed over next 5 days by questions from the exam papers. See how you get on!
@timeshighered
#twitterstorians
If you're looking for primary sources for a thesis, try British History Online (BHO).
1300 vols of free online research content, 40,000 images and 10,000 historic map tiles.
New video on using
@bho_history
with editor Jonathan Blaney
#twitterstorians
This
#BlackHistoryMonth
why not explore Imtiaz Habib’s 'Black Lives in the English Archive 1500-1607'. Habib traces the lives of people of colour in early modern England, like Tudor trumpeter John Blanke
On the centenary of 6 Feb 1918, we're delighted to announce the IHR's new 'Suffrage Series, 1918-2018': a season of talks, debates, walks, concerts and lectures running through the year
#Suffrage100
#Vote100
#100years
#twitterstorians
Happy
#WorldPhilosophyDay
! A day to celebrate the pursuit of wisdom and even to reflect on the meaning of life. Socrates believed that ‘the unexamined life is not worth living.’
Shout out to all the philosophers, D.Phils and PhDs who’ve made the pursuit of knowledge their work.
Databases are an essential tool for any historian dealing with large amounts of information (i.e. all of us!).
Learn how to design, build, and maintain the perfect bespoke database for your project with our Databases for Historians training course.
We are pleased to announce a special event on Tuesday 4 December with
@RunnymedeTrust
: 'Black and Asian British History on the Curriculum' will feature historians, activists, politicians and writers in conversation about this crucial issue. Book now:
#BME
Don't forget: we've a free guide to online resources for historians & researchers
Includes details of 700+ sites to help while access to libraries & archives is limited. Created by
@IHR_Library
. Regularly updated.
#twitterstorians
#ecrchat
#Lockdown3
We are delighted to announce a new Doctoral Fellowship in Black British History for students in the final stages of their graduate studies.
#BlackBritishHistory
For details about the doctoral fellowship and how to apply, visit:
An open letter signed by 175 historians calls on UK Home Office to correct ‘fundamentally misleading’ details on British empire and slavery
The
@histassoc
invites members of the historical profession to sign the letter.
#TeachRaceMigrationEmpire
All IHR essay collections are now available
#openaccess
, including new titles published in 2019
All 182 essays now also available, chapter-by-chapter, via JSTOR
#OA
Books
#twitterstorians
We're writing a new strategy and thinking what the IHR should be for historians in the 2020s and beyond. We want to involve all historians in deciding how the Institute should look in the future.
If you have 10 minutes, please fill in this survey:
#MyIHR
New to British History Online: records of all PhD and MA History theses completed in the UK between 1901 and 1970 . Search by title, author and date of completion. Lots of historiographical fun to be had here
#twitterstorians
@bho_history
Guess what we are 3D printing in the
@ihr_history
digital office today? A Gutenberg printing press! We love old and new technologies coming together!
@IES_London
Announcing the launch of our highly anticipated Post Doctoral Early Career Research Fellowships! For additional details, please refer to this link: 📚 📣 (Deadline 31st January 2024)
#IHRFellowships
Announcing three paid internships aimed at new researchers who will work on specially tailored projects which are specifically intended to enhance their professional and intellectual development. Deadline 31/05/24 at 11.59PM
#Internship
#DigitalHumanities
Interested in researching the history of witchcraft and magic? The join us to discover the wealth of resources available to you from
@IHR_Library
@Warburg_News
@SenateHouseLib
🗓 16 May
🕰 14:00-15:30 BST
🖥 Online
Register today via:
Out soon: 'Masculinity and Danger on the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour', by Dr Sarah Goldsmith
Latest in 'New Historical Perspectives' series from IHR,
@RoyalHistSoc
and
@UoLPress
.
Available free
#openaccess
and print from 30 November
#twitterstorians
FULL PODCAST now available! 🎧
In case you missed it or want to listen again, check out the full audio for our event 'Where do we fit in? Black and Asian British History on the Curriculum.' Hear teachers, poets, & writers reflect.
#InvisibleHistory
#BME
Happy anniversary to Anne Lister and Ann Walker!
#otd
in 1834 the couple performed a personal lesbian marriage by taking the sacrament together
@YorkHolyTrinity
to seal their partnership
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the
@IHRHistoryLab
Olivette Otele Paper Prize winner for 2021 is:
▪ Sue Lemos
@suelemos_
🎉 Congratulations to Sue 🎉
Those who enjoyed 'A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley' on
@BBCFOUR
can also read
@sally_holloway
's article ‘You know I am all on fire’: writing the adulterous affair in England, c.1740–1830' for FREE in our virtual issue on correspondence
Today's free IHR chapter is Eric Hobsbawm's 1993 essay 'The present as history: writing the history of one’s own time'
From the newly reissued collection, 'The Creighton Century', now available
#OpenAccess
from
@UoLPress
#VirtualIHR
#twitterstorians
The IHR is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Catherine Clarke to head our new research centre for the History of People, Place and Community. Read more about Catherine's appointment here:
@SASNews
Happy birthday to Mary Seacole, born
#otd
in 1805. After being professionally overlooked due to racism, Mary Seacole set up her own hospital during the Crimean War, the ‘British Hotel’. She published her memoir 'The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands' in 1857
Have you seen our latest open access digital project?
British and Irish Furniture Makers Online is a searchable database of furniture makers and apprentices. Free to use, more
Join us for our 100th birthday on 8 July 2021. The IHR Global Birthday Event is bringing together leading historians from around the globe in celebration of the discipline of history as we think back and look forward. Full details coming soon!
#OurCentury
'Why history matters': a conversation between Justin Champion & Jo Fox
Recorded in 2018, this interview is now available on the IHR's
#podcast
'History in Conversation', with new intro from Jo on Justin's work and legacy.
#VirtualIHR
#twitterstorians
Were medieval women were actively kept away from political power? IHR Fellow Anaïs Waag examines this 19th century misconception and offers new insights in our digital magazine, 'On History.'
‘Historians are good at exposing bad arguments.’ ‘The role of the historian is to cultivate a critical public intellect that allows people to understand how facts, truth and information are formed.’ —Justin Champion
#posttruth
@HistoryToday
Glen Jacques - who worked on IHR reception from 2005 until 2021 - died on 21 April 2022 after a period of ill health. Everyone at the Institute is devastated by this loss. The IHR community will remember his kind, friendly, welcoming presence, and his dedication to the Institute.
We very are pleased to announce that our new website has gone live! Visit .
As the UK’s national centre for history, we hope historians of all kinds will explore, discover and connect with our work, and the ways we can support your research.
New
#internship
from
@CHPPC
working on London’s medieval customs accounts.Gain experience in research development and design, and in collaborating as part of a research team.
#Bursary
of £2500. Details and how to apply here Deadline 29 September.
We're very excited to see this 'Historians across Boundaries' series come together - from a team led by Dr Mike Esbester
@UoP_History
, linked to the
#HistoriansCollaborate
initiative, and one of our exciting new
#online
IHR Partnership Seminars for 2021...
LAUNCH EVENT: 15 January 2020, join us for the unveiling of our brand new smartphone app for
@VCH_London
, revolutionising how we can access the local histories of English towns.
Job alert! The IHR seeks a Professor in the History of People, Place and Community. S/he will also become founding Director of IHR's new centre in History of People, Place and Community.
Application deadline: 8 October. Further details
"We needed to talk directly about the reception of this history and the ways it is often activated for contemporary political aims."
Helping Middle Schoolers Broaden Their Vision of History via
@AHAhistorians
#twitterstorians
"Historians are detectives and storytellers. No story ever comes in whole cloth...When done well, “history” and its meaning appears as if it were there all along" via
@cjr