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History & Policy
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We publish high-quality historical research freely accessible online and create opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.
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Join us next week for this helpful session on developing & writing funding proposals.
Dr Andrew Fairweather-Tall, Director of Research & Innovation @uolondon.bsky.social
Prof Philip Murphy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
@nlwillson.bsky.social IBAR
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Developing and Writing Funding Applications
www.history.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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In a new policy paper for us, Robert B Williams argues that tax policies in the US have contributed to widening racial disparities in wealth over the last 60 years, and calls for a fresh approach. historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
Stealth (Tax) Policy and the Widening Racial Wealth Gap in the USA - History & Policy
Over the past sixty years, the wealth gap in the USA between the typical White and Black households has more than tripled, even after adjustment for inflation. Tax policies that have remained largely ...
historyandpolicy.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
In a new policy paper for us, Robert B Williams argues that tax policies in the US have contributed to widening racial disparities in wealth over the last 60 years, and calls for a fresh approach. historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...
Stealth (Tax) Policy and the Widening Racial Wealth Gap in the USA - History & Policy
Over the past sixty years, the wealth gap in the USA between the typical White and Black households has more than tripled, even after adjustment for inflation. Tax policies that have remained largely ...
historyandpolicy.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Join us online at 5.00pm on Thursday 20 November @ihr.bsky.social when an expert panel will discuss the life and legacy of Professor Hugh Clegg (1920-95) a key figure in the study of post-war British Industrial Relations. Register below. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Professor Hugh Clegg - His Life and Legacy
www.history.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Join us online at 5.00pm on Thursday 20 November @ihr.bsky.social when an expert panel will discuss the life and legacy of Professor Hugh Clegg (1920-95) a key figure in the study of post-war British Industrial Relations. Register below. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Professor Hugh Clegg - His Life and Legacy
www.history.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Join us online at 5.00pm on Thursday 20 November @ihr.bsky.social when an expert panel will discuss the life and legacy of Professor Hugh Clegg (1920-95) a key figure in the study of post-war British Industrial Relations. Register below. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Professor Hugh Clegg - His Life and Legacy
www.history.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Last Thursday we hosted an excellent conference @ihr.bsky.social on the history of Industrial Tribunals organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum. My colleague, Roger Jeary, has produced this report on the issues discussed. historyandpolicy.org/as-the-labou...
Trades Union & Employment Forum Conference on Employment Tribunals - History & Policy
As the Labour Government's Employment Bill neared the end of its passage through Parliament, History & Policy's Trades Union and Employment Forum organized a special conference examining the history o...
historyandpolicy.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In the @ihr.bsky.social Historical Research annual lecture this evening, my colleague @cathamclarke.bsky.social asks ‘can popular History be radical?’ (Short answer - Yes!)
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Last Thursday we hosted an excellent conference @ihr.bsky.social on the history of Industrial Tribunals organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum. My colleague, Roger Jeary, has produced this report on the issues discussed. historyandpolicy.org/as-the-labou...
Trades Union & Employment Forum Conference on Employment Tribunals - History & Policy
As the Labour Government's Employment Bill neared the end of its passage through Parliament, History & Policy's Trades Union and Employment Forum organized a special conference examining the history o...
historyandpolicy.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
History Day 2025 @ihr.bsky.social is now in full swing.
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The concluding round table panel of what has been a really fascinating conference @ihr.bsky.social today on the history of Employment Tribunals organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum.
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Opening session of our Trades Union & Employment Forum conference on Industrial/Employment Tribunals with excellent presentations by Prof Susan Corby and Adrian Williamson QC, ably chaired by Sarah Veale.
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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The director of H&P, Philip
Murphy @ihr.bsky.social, has just published this article in @uk.theconversation.com about the risky business of bringing espionage cases to trial. theconversation.com/from-the-col...
From the cold war to today, why espionage cases are so difficult to prosecute
Espionage trials risk revealing the sometimes highly confidential methods by which evidence had been gathered against the accused.
theconversation.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The director of H&P, Philip
Murphy @ihr.bsky.social, has just published this article in @uk.theconversation.com about the risky business of bringing espionage cases to trial. theconversation.com/from-the-col...
From the cold war to today, why espionage cases are so difficult to prosecute
Espionage trials risk revealing the sometimes highly confidential methods by which evidence had been gathered against the accused.
theconversation.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Espionage trials risk revealing the sometimes highly confidential methods by which evidence had been gathered against the accused.
From the cold war to today, why espionage cases are so difficult to prosecute
Espionage trials risk revealing the sometimes highly confidential methods by which evidence had been gathered against the accused.
tcnv.link
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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The director of H&P, Philip
Murphy @ihr.bsky.social has just published an article in @uk.theconversation.com about the risky business of bringing espionage cases to trial. theconversation.com/from-the-col...
From the cold war to today, why espionage cases are so difficult to prosecute
Espionage trials risk revealing the sometimes highly confidential methods by which evidence had been gathered against the accused.
theconversation.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The director of H&P, Philip
Murphy @ihr.bsky.social has just published an article in @uk.theconversation.com about the risky business of bringing espionage cases to trial. theconversation.com/from-the-col...
From the cold war to today, why espionage cases are so difficult to prosecute
Espionage trials risk revealing the sometimes highly confidential methods by which evidence had been gathered against the accused.
theconversation.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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'View from Senate House Library' (2014) by Melissa Scott-Miller
chrisbeetles.com/artwork/44604/view-from-senate-house-library
October 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Join us online at 5.00pm on Thursday 20 November when an expert panel will discuss the life and legacy of Professor Hugh Clegg (1920-95) a key figure in the study of post-war British Industrial Relations. Register below. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Professor Hugh Clegg - His Life and Legacy
www.history.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Join us online at 5.00pm on Thursday 20 November when an expert panel will discuss the life and legacy of Professor Hugh Clegg (1920-95) a key figure in the study of post-war British Industrial Relations. Register below. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Professor Hugh Clegg - His Life and Legacy
www.history.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it below: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Industrial/Employment Tribunals - 60 years on
www.history.ac.uk
October 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it below: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Industrial/Employment Tribunals - 60 years on
www.history.ac.uk
October 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it below: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Industrial/Employment Tribunals - 60 years on
www.history.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it below: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Industrial/Employment Tribunals - 60 years on
www.history.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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We’re delighted that the first volume in our new series of short monographs on policy-relevant historical topics has been published @uolpress.bsky.social. Warmest congratulations to its author Dr Harry Bennett @plymuni.bsky.social. You can read it now on open access. uolpress.co.uk/book/the-192...
The 1922 General Election Reconsidered - University of London Press
The General Election of 15 November 1922 was a pivotal election in British political history. As parties adjusted to peacetime conditions and an electoral system changed forever by the enfranchisement...
uolpress.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM