Institute of Historical Research

The IHR Christmas tree is up with lots of decorations made or contributed by staff, fellows and students. Thanks to everyone who came to help!

Title screen of Dr Eloise Grey's video 'The History of Emotions and BBIH'

In this On History blog, Dr Eloise Grey and Jenny Lelkes-Rarugal discuss how the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) can be used to research and teach the History of Emotions buff.ly/dHptKhS

Oral History and Digital Storytelling Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

New IHR Research Training: Oral History and Digital Storytelling - in-person two-day oral history and digital storytelling course. Explore the key issues and best practices for integrating creative expression with oral history. 26-27 Feb 2026 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us live at the IHR and online
Free registration: tinyurl.com/2bln3rdy @lauragowing.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

What's particularly exciting about our suite of new @ihr.bsky.social 'Discovery Courses' is the '2+1' model: two days of expert teaching, including guest lecture & fieldtrip, plus a free optional add-on day of guided research in the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, with bespoke advice & support. #training

Tuesday 9 December 2025 - Aleksandra Kaye, Malte Vogl (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology), and Raphael Schlattmann (Technische Universität Berlin): Science Across Borders: Text-Mining and Networ... This seminar is 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm GMT live on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/97424109081 later posted to our YouTube channel. Session chair: James Baker Abstract: Migration has played a significant role i...

#dhist Join the @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar on 9 Dec (midday GMT on Zoom) for Aleksandra Kaye and colleagues on 'Science Across Borders: Text-Mining and Network Analysis Insights into the Polish Diasporic Periodical Press, 1830-1930' ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/tues...

Short Writing Course for PhD Students Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

New IHR Research Training in 2026: Short Writing Course for PhD Students. 2 day course for PhD humanities researchers. The aim of this in-person training is to help you with your writing skills and craft.
19-20 Feb 2026, £240
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Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place Discovery Course 1

Looking for new learning experiences, enrichment and inspiration? Try our new IHR Discovery Courses : Historic Maps, Townscape and Architecture, and Archaeology for Local History. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Apply for Fellowship - RHS Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 15 December 2025 and 9 March 2026   Fellowships are awarded to those who have made an original contribution to historical scholarship, typically through th...

The next closing dates for application for the RHS Fellowship are 15 December & 9 March 2026: bit.ly/4426Z2p

Our Fellows work across universities, and not just in History departments, as well as in many professions beyond academia. Fellows practice history in the UK and 71 countries worldwide 2/2

Graphic of a world map with hands reaching up to a red AIDS ribbon

Today is World AIDS Day. The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has 200+ sources on the history of HIV/AIDS. You can also consult BBIH’s free readings lists on LGBTQ+ histories and the histories of infectious diseases to learn more about recent scholarship on this topic buff.ly/OK5HSbu

Promotional image for Daniel Frost's online roundtable talk. Blue background, a photograph of Daniel sits next to an image of the cover of his book. Pink and white text gives details of the date and time of the event - Wednesday 3rd December, Online via Zoom, 5:30-7pm.

This Wednesday!

Join @d-j-frost.bsky.social for an online Roundtable Talk with @ihr.bsky.social 🖥️

Daniel will be discussing his new book In solidarity, under suspicion, a new history of the British far Left from BLM to solidarity with Palestine, co-authored with @evansmithhist.bsky.social.

Roundtable: Neofascism and the Memory of Italy’s Years of Lead

Dec. 3rd round table (also online) with Simone Brioni, Amy King (@amycking.bsky.social), and John Foot (@footymac.bsky.social): Neofascism and the Memory of Italy’s Years of Lead (@ihr.bsky.social, #skystorians) www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

THIS COMING MONDAY! The fab @araujohistorian.bsky.social presents on "Dahomey: A West African Kingdom in the Centre of the World During the #EighteenthCentury" with comment by Toby Green.

All welcome, in person @ihr.bsky.social or via zoom -- register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Advocating for History by Doing History - On History This blog was written by Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR Historians are very good at crafting arguments and in recent times very many people have advanced very many arguments about why history m...

A great blog from @ihr.bsky.social director, @clairelanghamer.bsky.social advocating 'History by Doing', bridging the gaps between the histories of people and places where we live, and work and those universities teach/research and delve into: they're all one. 🗃️

You want examples? A short 🧵

Maybe one for the @vch-home.bsky.social. Can you help @adamchapman.bsky.social?

Advocating for History by Doing History - On History This blog was written by Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR Historians are very good at crafting arguments and in recent times very many people have advanced very many arguments about why history…

New blog from IHR Director @clairelanghamer@bsky.social reflecting on how historians can advocate for history through our practice, and defend the important historical work that goes on within universities as well as beyond them. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/11/advo...

Great paper at the @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar yesterday by Ben Braber on media depictions of migrants in 19th & 20thC British media. We'll be back in 2026 with...

A poster advertising the By-Fellowships and Research Grants offered by Churchill Archives Centre. The text included on this image can be found at the link in the main post.

📚 Whether you're an undergraduate, postgraduate, academic, or independent researcher, our research grants and By-Fellowships are designed to support work using our collections here at Churchill Archives Centre.

🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK

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.

Are you studying, researching or teaching histories of the British Empire or Commonwealth? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), it contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net

Call for Practitioner in Residence 2026 Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

IALS is inviting applications for a practitioner in residence for the academic year 2025-26.

We would be especially interested in proposals that respond to the building, its past and potential futures.

Full details here 👇

ials.sas.ac.uk/news/call-pr...

#LawAndCreativity

Historical Research Lecture 2025 | Can popular history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public Historical Research Lecture 2025

I'm delighted to say that the recording my Historical Research lecture for @ihr.bsky.social (4 November, 2025) is now available to view online. I reflect on my own experience of writing a 'trade' book, and conclude with a manifesto for #radical #popular #history.
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The organisers of a recent witness seminar @ihr.bsky.social on Conservatism and Unionism reflect in this new opinion article on the tensions that emerged in the final third of the twentieth century and their implications for the present. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

There is still time to sign up for tonight’s seminar - join us at the @ihr.bsky.social or on zoom at 17.30 GMT!!

#MedievalSky #Skystorians #Manuscripts

The Value of Encouraging Neurodivergent Participation in Community Research Initiatives for the Victoria County History of England - On History Dr Christopher Tinmouth addresses the value of encouraging neurodivergent participation in community research initiatives.

A rather different blog from us, hosted by @ihr.bsky.social, & written by Dr Christopher Tinmouth.

Christopher reflects on his involvement with the VCH in Cumbria and the benefits that supporting neurodivergent people can bring to a broad-based community history project like the VCH. #Skystorians

Had a brilliant time sharing my work at the @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social seminar last week at @ihr.bsky.social. Really great discussion as well, facilitated by @colmpm.bsky.social, with lots of interesting questions. Thanks for having me!

Listen to Izzy's podcast series here:
leadinglabour.podbean.com/page/2/

Listen to @historyandpolicy.bsky.social's Izzy Conn talking to Matt Forde on his Political Party podcast about her brilliant series Leading Labour
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The @ihr.bsky.social #London #SummerSchool 2026 is now booking on the theme of 'Sickness & Health'. From the Black Death to Covid-19. Use code HEALTH10 before 24th Jan to get 10% discount! Bursaries available www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

TOMORROW!! Come & hear the excellent Olivia Baskerville (@ies-sas.bsky.social) about the book trade in London & the national & local claims to #medieval material culture

TUES 25 NOV 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): bit.ly/londonmedieval

#MedievalSky #Manuscripts #Skystorians

programme of hte Low Countries Seminar, Institute of Historical research, Fridays 17:30 17 October: Alexander Marr: Three Renaissance ‘Grotesques’: Holbein, Dürer, Massys 31 October: Dirk van Miert: The Synod of Dordrecht: binding the Anglo-Dutch orthodox Republic of Letters 17 November: Eliot Benbow: Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods programme of hte Low Countries Seminar, Institute of Historical research, Fridays 17:30 17 October: Alexander Marr: Three Renaissance ‘Grotesques’: Holbein, Dürer, Massys 31 October: Dirk van Miert: The Synod of Dordrecht: binding the Anglo-Dutch orthodox Republic of Letters 28 November: Eliot Benbow: Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods

THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods

FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians