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The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
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A big thank you to everyone who came to History Day 2025! You can check out the online collections all year round on the Discover Collections site 🌟

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November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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A big thank you to everyone who joined us for History Day 2025! 🎉

We hope you enjoyed the event as much as we did and we look forward to seeing you again next year!

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#HistDay25
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Congratulations to @berrypillot.bsky.social for winning the #PollardPrize 2025! Berry's paper 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool' will be published in Historical Research @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Berry (left) with Claire Langhamer (IHR) and Cyan Turin (OUP), celebrating winning the Pollard Prize 2025 at the Historical Research Annual Lecture
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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1 week to go until History Day - don't forget to sign up! Read about why History Day is such a fantastic event in this blog by Claire Langhamer: buff.ly/ySfBuWR

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October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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🎉We are pleased to announce new Applied History Fellowships in partnership with @royalhistsoc.org & @findmypast.bsky.social.

Join us on the 19 November at our launch event to find out more about the Fellowships and how to apply:

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Applied History Fellowship launch Event- 19 November 2025: 2.30pm - 4.00pm. Register to join us online: https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/events/applied-history-fellowships
October 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Join us for the 2025 Historical Research Lecture on 4 November. "Can popular history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public” - Catherine Clark, Director of @chppc.bsky.social at the IHR. Find out more: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Image shows cover of A History of England in 25 Poems by Catherine Clarke. The text contains information which can be found via the link.
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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In 1837, James McCune Smith became the first Black doctor to graduate from a UK university. You can use the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) to learn about the many Black individuals who have contributed to the development of medicine and medical communities in the UK and Ireland
Pen and ink drawing of a Black Victorian gentleman
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Announcing IHR Discovery Courses: Historic Maps, Townscape & Architecture, and Archaeology for Historians. Suitable for historians working in all contexts, or anyone looking for new learning experiences, and inspiration. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Today is World Mental Health Day. Through the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), you can research the history of mental health. BBIH’s free reading list on the history of emotions highlights some recent scholarship on the history of mental health in the UK and Ireland buff.ly/OK5HSbu
Engraving of an 18th century building in a pastoral landscape
October 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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🖥 We have a number of online research training courses starting in October.

Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
October 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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🎉The call for participation for #HAP26 is now open!

Alongside @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @royalhistsoc.org & @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social we invite you to explore the theme 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research'.

Apply today: bit.ly/46VfEVY
September 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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What can you expect to find at #HistDay25 our celebration of history collections with @senatehouselib.bsky.social? Come along and find out on 4 Nov. Book your free space here www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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📣Calling all new research students in history & historical subjects. Do you want to learn how the IHR can help you during your studies?

Join us on the 8 October to find out more.

@royalhistsoc.org @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social @historyandpolicy.bsky.social @chppc.bsky.social

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September 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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🎉📣 Announcing the IHR Research Training Courses for October - December 2025.

Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
September 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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What happens if we do #history through #poetry? What new stories come into focus? Whose voices do we hear? Join us for the 2025 Creighton Lecture: historian Catherine Clarke & poet Hannah Lowe in conversation with IHR Director Claire Langhamer. All welcome. Book: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Image reads IHR Creigton Lecture 2025. Doing History with Poetry. A conversations with Catherine Clarke and Hannah Lowe. 9 September 18:00 - 19:30, Chancellor's Hall, Senate House. There is an image of a book entitled A History of England in 25 Poems which shows illustrations in bird silhouettes with the title ribboning in between. There are black and white photographs of Catherine Clarke and of Hannah Lowe. There is also some text which can be found by clicking the link to the web page.
August 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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What happens if we do #history through #poetry? What new stories come into focus? Whose voices do we hear? Join us for the 2025 Creighton Lecture: historian Catherine Clarke & poet Hannah Lowe in conversation with IHR Director Claire Langhamer. All welcome. Book: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Image reads IHR Creigton Lecture 2025. Doing History with Poetry. A conversations with Catherine Clarke and Hannah Lowe. 9 September 18:00 - 19:30, Chancellor's Hall, Senate House. There is an image of a book entitled A History of England in 25 Poems which shows illustrations in bird silhouettes with the title ribboning in between. There are black and white photographs of Catherine Clarke and of Hannah Lowe. There is also some text which can be found by clicking the link to the web page.
August 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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📣🎉 We are pleased to announce 3 new IHR Seminar Series starting in September 2025.

• African History
• Migration & Mobility History
• Planetary History

Find out about the new series on the IHR website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
August 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Happy International Friendship Day! The history of friendship is a growing field of historical scholarship. Search ‘friendship’ in the subject tree on the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) to find some fascinating histories buff.ly/3L7a33B
Screenshot of search for friendship as subject on BBIH. Yields 798 results.
July 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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IHR Workshop for new history research students - 8 Oct 2025. Learn about the work of the IHR while meeting our friendly staff to learn how we can assist you as a research student in history and/or history-related fields. Free to attend, but booking is required
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Photo of Senate House against a blue sky. There is a text box giving the details of the workshop for new research students in history. All the information is also in the post.
July 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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In a lively and convivial conversation, Neil Kinnock, Jonathan Ashworth, Polly Toynbee and Nick Thomas-Symonds joined Philip Murphy and, podcast creator, Izzy Conn to reveal, amongst other things, which labour leader they most admired.
Flyer for Leading Labour podcast featuring portraits of each Labour leader from Clement Atlee to Jeremy Corbyn in a variety of different styles and media. Resting on top is a biscuit with a red and white Leading Labour logo. Neil Kinnock, Philip Murphy and Izzy Conn sharing a joke. Nick Thomas Symonds, MP for Torfaen, Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, and Polly Toynbee, journalist Nick Thomas-Symonds, Polly Toynbee, Jonathan Ashworth, Izzy Conn, Neil Kinnock and Philip Murphy pose in front of the illustrated map of London by MacDonald Gill in Chancellor's Hall, Senate House, University of London.
July 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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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...
June 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Even historians have a history. @lisapine.bsky.social launches her new @ihr.bsky.social podcast A Historian's Life, where historians talk about the histories they’ve explored and the lives they’ve lived. Listen to series 1 now.
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/a-h...
stylised drawing of an hour glass attached to a microphone with A Historian's Life written underneath. Below is the logo of the Institute of Historical Research School of Advanced Study University of London
June 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Today is the Day of the Seafarer.

Discover the crucial role played by Asian sailors in driving colonial trade by exploring the term 'lascar' in the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH).

You can also explore the topic of 'Seamen and boatmen' in BBIH and find more than 1000 references.
Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) search results for keyword search using the term, ‘lascar’
June 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Elizabeth II’s coronation was on this day in 1952. Search for her in the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) to find extensive historical scholarship.

You can also explore BBIH's online reading list 'Monarchy, Tudor to Windsor' at buff.ly/3QWrffO.
Elizabeth II’s coronation portrait. Queen sat on throne, wearing crown, holding sceptre and orb
June 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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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...
May 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM