Institute of Historical Research

https://www.history.ac.uk/

​The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national centre for history, dedicated to supporting historians of all kinds.

The Institute helps foster public understanding of history and its social, cultural, and economic importance, advocating for the long-term future of the discipline and supporting its growth and development. It offers a wide range of services both onsite and remotely that facilitate excellence in historical research, teaching and scholarship in the UK, through our library, events programmes, fellowships, training and publications. It promotes the study of people and locality through our Centre for the History of People, Place and Community.

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From the IHR website:

• Study and Training at the IHR
• History & Policy
• Layers of London
• Victoria County History
• Centre for the History of People, Place and Community
• British History Online
• Library
• Publications
• Events and seminars
• Fellowships

History Day 2023 contributions

• Blog post: Henry VIII and the IHR Library
• Blog post: Kings and Witches: exploring the sources of Macbeth in the IHR Library
• Blog post: Gender and Bathing in Antiquity 

History Day 2022 contributions

• Live session: Philip Murphy, Director of History & Policy hosts People’s health histories and public policy.
• Live session: Professor Catherine Clarke, Director of the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community hosts Everyday Technology Firsts: Panel Discussion and Interactive Session.

Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH):

• History of Mathematics Reading List
• BBIH reading list on infectious diseases part of Infectious and contagious diseases over time, a select bibliography.
• Watch this 1-minute video about the BBIH.
• The BBIH editor Jenny Lelkes-Rarugal, will be doing a special Twitter Q&A for #HistDay22 on 17 Nov, 2:00-2.30PM GMT via @ihr_history #HistDay22xBBIH

IHR library:

• History of Science and Technology collection guide
• Medical History collection guide
• Blog post: At home and in the classroom: histories of science and technology in the IHR Library

History Day 2021 contributions

• Live session: Professor Catherine Clarke, Director of the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community hosts Collecting nature memories: an interactive workshop.
• The Institute of Historical Research Library features on a live stream from Senate House Library’s YouTube channel starting Thursday, 4 November, 12:30 GMT
• Bibliography of British and Irish History Environmental History Reading List
• IHR Library Environmental History collection guide

Blog posts:

• Environmental History in the IHR Library’s Collections
• People’s Experiences of Nature and the Environment in the IHR Library Collections
• Introducing the Bibliography of British and Irish History’s Reading Lists

History Day 2020 contributions

• Live session: Jonathan Blaney discussed British History Online in the Exploring History in the Digital World panel session
• Live session: Professor Catherine Clarke, Director of the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community hosted the New Approaches to Local and Community History: Show & Tell panel session.
• Blog post: New World and New Approaches: The Hakluyt Society Collection at the IHR