Steam train travelling alongside green fields. Image credit: The Great Britain Steam Train. Photo by Christopher More on Pexels. https://www.pexels.com/photo/the-great-britain-steam-train-17396360/.
Yellow and blue poster advertising train travel. Image credit: Poster (1989): Isle of Wight by train / Needles and Sand Castle / Network SouthEast Designer: Edward Pond Printers: Planet Displays Ltd. Copyright: University of Brighton Design Archives.
Fantastic to be at #HistDayNorth today, with #ArchivesHub and @jisc.bsky.social colleagues, part of #DCDC25 in Durham! Archives Hub features a very special blog post for History Day North: 'Full steam ahead! Celebrating #Railway200 across the Archives'
blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2025/07/16/f....
29.07.2025 13:50 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
History Day: Discover Collections website
History Day: Discover Collections website
History Day: Discover Collections website
Use the filter and search options on the discover collections page to find content aligning with your interests. Or, if you are interested in a specific organisation, simply search for them on our dedicated organisation page.
29.07.2025 12:35 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Drop by the British Records Association stand at #DCDC25 today and say hello!
29.07.2025 09:00 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
History Day North poster advertising the event.
If you're at #DCDC25 today why not come and say hello! We're taking part in this year's History Day North from 12.30-16.30, where Lydia and Laura will be ready and waiting to answer all your Borthwick history questions :)
29.07.2025 09:55 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Who is joining us at #HistDayNorth and #DCDC25 @durham-university.bsky.social this year? 🎉
We can't wait to tell people about our amazing collections at History Day North tomorrow Tuesday 29th July 12:30-4:30pm!
28.07.2025 10:32 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The IHR is saddened by the death of Peter (P.J.) Marshall, historian of the British Empire, and a long-standing member of King's College London's History department. As a long-time friend, supporter, and Fellow of the IHR, he will be greatly missed and remembered for his kindness and courtesy.
28.07.2025 09:15 — 👍 69 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 3
Institute of Historical Research
The Institute of Historical Research is the UK's national centre for history
(If you're a UK based historian, or just History-curious, and don't know about the IHR, you are missing a treat). Over 50 fortnightly seminars (most also available online) during the academic year, and much more. Visit the Institute and its library if you're in London. And it's free. 2/2
18.07.2025 10:27 — 👍 111 🔁 53 💬 1 📌 4
Sign showing IHR opening hours over the summer. Text reads, 'Summer opening hours. Thursday 24th July, closed for staff away day. From Monday 28 July - Saturday 30 August, Monday-Friday 09.00-18.30; Saturday closed. From Monday 1 September we will resume longer hours.'
From next week there will be some changes to our opening hours:
Thursday 24 July - the IHR will be closed
From 28 July-30 August:
Mon-Friday 09.00-18.30
No Saturday opening
Regular hours will resume on 1 September
Details about our opening hours are here - www.history.ac.uk/about-instit...
18.07.2025 18:00 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Participants gathered for the IHR Summer School as Claire begins her lecture today.
Now @ihr.bsky.social Director @clairelanghamer.bsky.social gets the #London #SummerSchool 2025 started. What does a #rebel look like? What does it mean to rebel?
14.07.2025 09:57 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A selection of new acquistions at the IHR library, July 2025.
A selection of new acquistions at the IHR library, July 2025.
A selection of new acquistions at the IHR library, July 2025.
A selection of new acquistions at the IHR library, July 2025.
It's new books time again. Displays on the 1st and 2nd floors show a wide range of new acquisitions from medieval astrology to postwar Detroit, from the literature inspired by the Norman Conquest to the latest VCH Short about the parish of Cradley. Feel free to come have a browse
05.07.2025 11:01 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Membership is free to all - www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
04.07.2025 16:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image showing the entrance to the Americas Collection reading room on the 2nd floor of the Institute of Historical Research
Image showing a range of materials on US history which can be found in the IHR Library
Image showing some of the volumes of The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution which can be found in the Americas reading room.
Image showing some of the works on the Revolutionary War and Early Republic (pictured here Letters of Delegates to Congress)
With it being the 4th of July we thought we'd let readers know, who are researching or reflecting on the US, of our collections, with strengths including the Revolutionary War, the Constitution and the early Republic; we also collect sources up to the present.
04.07.2025 16:08 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Retro viewing set-up, showing a clip from one of the newly digitised interviews
The exhibition, showing some of the table-top installation
I highly recommend the 'Interviews with Historians' exhibition @ihr.bsky.social, launching the wonderful resource www.history.ac.uk/library-digi.... Fascinating insights into how #historians do #history + some gorgeous media archaeology! Congrats to @ihrlibrary.bsky.social colleagues & all involved.
28.06.2025 10:26 — 👍 56 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 1
We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here:
www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
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Interviews with Historians
Interviews with Historians was a landmark series of interviews between prominent historians. This page introduces the collection and gives access to the interviews.
We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
26.06.2025 13:26 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Great to meet you yesterday.
21.06.2025 11:34 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Image in the public domain from BL MS Harley 3469 (Splendor Solis)
Image of the drinking water tap which can be found in the Common Room on the ground floor of the IHR.
Image of one of the cooler rooms in the IHR on the north (tree facing) side of the building. The basement reading rooms also remain comparatively cool.
Today probably won't be the first hot day of the summer. Water bottles can be refilled from the drinking water tap in the common room and the cooler parts of the library tend to be on the north (tree-facing) side of the building and the basement reading rooms.
21.06.2025 11:34 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our excellent @ihrlibrary.bsky.social colleagues are here to help
18.06.2025 11:54 — 👍 20 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
A selection of titles about the history of Canada's First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples which can be found in the library's Canadian history collection on the 2nd floor of the library.
To mark Canada's National Indigenous History Month, here are some of the work readers can find in the library about the histories and experiences of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. These are part of the Canadian history collection which can be found in the North American reading room.
12.06.2025 12:00 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
New books on display in the IHR Library.
New books on display in the IHR Library.
New books on display in the IHR Library.
New books on display in the IHR Library.
New books in the IHR Library! Browse titles on Caribbean museology, commemorative practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, 17th-century gambling, postal documents as historical evidence, and more📚
11.06.2025 14:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join us on the 26 June to celebrate the online publication of Interviews with Historians and a new podcast: A Historian’s Life.
The event will be followed by the opening of the Interviews exhibition in the IHR Common Room.
www.history.ac.uk/events/speak...
29.05.2025 08:15 — 👍 47 🔁 20 💬 0 📌 1
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
Studying, researching or teaching histories of the British Empire or Commonwealth? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), it contains 650,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH
28.05.2025 12:03 — 👍 39 🔁 26 💬 0 📌 1
Image of the Senate House building, London set against a blue sky.
Just a reminder, the Institute will be closed over the bank holiday weekend including Saturday 24th May to Monday 26th May, reopening again at 9am on Tuesday 27th May. Details about the IHR's opening times can be found here: www.history.ac.uk/about-us/ope...
23.05.2025 13:10 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
English Local History Collections
Discover English Local History in the IHR Wohl Library.
May is Local and Community History Month! Find out more about English Local History Collections in the IHR Library: www.history.ac.uk/library/coll...
20.05.2025 08:25 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Image of the title page of 'The triple crown: an account of the papal conclaves from the fifteenth century to the present day' by Valérie Pirie (ER.512/Pir)
Image of an illustration of the Vatican found within, 'The triple crown' by Valérie Pirie (ER.512/Pir)
Image of the title page of 'Das Papstwahldekret von 1059' by Detlev Jasper (ER.512/Jas)
Image of part of the text of the papal bull 'In nomini domini' found within 'Das Papstwahldekret von 1059' by Detlev Jasper (ER.512/Jas)
In the religious history collection readers can find editions of papal letters, works on specific popes, councils and papal government including papal conclaves (shelf-mark ER.512) and the College of Cardinals (ER.546)
Find out about the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library/coll... #conclave
07.05.2025 08:01 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Quotes, facts, images and videos about England’s radical past.
The London Archives is a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. Visit today and explore 1000 years of history.
About us - https://www.thelondonarchives.org/
Events - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-london-archives-2913691059
The Library of London History.
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/libraries/guildhall-library
Official BlueSky account of the Ecclesiastical History Society. Fostering interest in all things #churchhistory.
The official county archive for the former counties of Gwent and Monmouthshire.
📚 Books, e-resources, study support, academic skills and more. Open 24/7 term time, you’ll always find a smile here!
An archive of everyday life, thought and feeling in the UK. Based at The Keep in East Sussex. Find out more at massobs.org.uk
Find out more: massobs.org.uk
https://www.layersoflondon.org/ Mapping London's history & heritage through time using maps, images, films & Londoners' stories. Part of @chppc.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social
Research centre specialising in the history of the book, manuscript and print studies, textual scholarship, digital editing and new critical approaches to literary history at the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://ies.sas.ac.uk/
The RCN (@rcn.org.uk) Library and Museum is Europe’s largest nursing resource for practice and history. Use our services online or visit our libraries, exhibitions and events in person.
www.rcn.org.uk/library
Online|Belfast|Cardiff|Edinburgh|London
Based in the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery and community. As a royal learned society, our Fellows have been inspiring scholarship, debate and research for over 300 years. We also own Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire.
The Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, for records of the archdiocese, local parishes, businesses, hospitals etc. borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk
Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of historians: https://royalhistsoc.org/
One of the UK's largest academic libraries for arts, humanities & social sciences. 2 million books, 50 special collections & 1,800 archives 📚
https://linktr.ee/senatehouselibrary
Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
We are the UK’s national network for early career historians. Are you #postdoc or writing up your #PhD? Did/does it involve historical research? Whatever sector you do/want to work in, the HistoryLab+ network is for you! 👉 https://historylab.plus/
Independent Scholar/Medieval Francophonie & Italian Historiographies. http://digitalhumanitiesddp.com, http://tcf.lauramorreale.com, http://dalme.org.
