The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national centre for history dedicated to supporting historians of all kinds. Collected here are some examples of Queer History resources for History Day 2025.
IHR Events
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- History of Sexuality seminar series
- Gender and History in the Americas seminar series
Selected upcoming events
- 12 Nov 2025 | Bloomsbury Inclusive Histories | Online session supporting recent PHD students to develop their thesis into a Bloomsbury monograph
- 13 Nov 2025 | The Invention of Gay Community, 1953-1969 | North American History seminar
- 25 Nov 2025 | Overlooked Archives Reveal Lesbian Leadership and Lost Complexities of Gender and Loss in the ACT UP People with Immune System Disorders (PISD) Caucus | Gender and History in the Americas seminar
- 26 Nov 2025 | In the beginning was the Word: “Urning” to “Homosexual” 1866-1913 | Modern German History seminar
- 9 Dec 2025 | People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire and the Holocaust | History of Sexuality seminar
- 5 Feb 2026 | Queering the archive: Elyza Fraser of Castle Fraser | History Lab seminar
IHR Library and Digital Resources
Library
The IHR library is free to join, a space to work and a collection of primary source material and historical methodology. All the resources below are free online or available within the library.
Bibliography of British and Irish History
- Bibliography of British and Irish History: researching queer histories (video)
- The Bibliography of British and Irish History in the classroom: teaching representations of queerness (blog post)
- Researching LGBTQ+ histories reading list
Other Resources
- Layers of London: map-based history website with crowd-sourced histories: Homosexuality in London, 1600-1800 collection
- Reviews in History: publishes books and digital resources across all fields of history: LGBTQ+ History theme