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The IHR is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, events, seminars & training. Part of @SASNews
Joined February 2009
We are currently closed to visitors due to biblical flood/wrath of Poseidon. Stay tuned for updates. 🌊🚣♀️
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From today, all Premium Content on British History Online is free to individual users. That's 200 extra vols of primary research materials. Access runs to 30 Apr 2021: details here @bho_history hope this helps at a tough time. Please r/t #twitterstorians
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All premium content on British History Online now free for individual users This adds 200 vols of primary content, incl Calendars of SP Dom, 1547-1704; plus SP #Ireland & #Scotland. Hope this helps with research @bho_history . #VirtualIHR #twitterstorians
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We've been working on a guide to accessing #research materials during lockdown. Includes free and open access online archives, books & digital collections. Ideal for MA or #PhD students working to deadlines to finish research projects /1. #VirtualIHR.
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The very first picture book for children, published in 1658. "The Mouse chirpeth. The Duck quaketh. The Wolf howleth" via @PublicDomainRev #bookhistory #twitterstorians
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Claire Langhamer to the Directorship of the Institute of Historical Research. .Claire will join us on 1 October 2021
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An important piece of London's social history is now available, free access, on @LayersofLondon. Charles Booth's poverty maps from his Inquiry into Life and Labour in London (1886-1903) are now available to be explored! . Explore now:
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Update: the ace @IHR_Library team has swept into action to protect the basement from further flooding. Only a few books got a bit wet. Most of our collection is fine and dandy.
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New #OnHistory blog post. The authors of IHR Shorts @UoLPress title Becoming a Historian answer questions about just that!
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Today we launch an online guide to 'Teaching British Histories of Race, Migration and Empire' Delighted to have worked on this with @RunnymedeTrust & others for their #TeachRaceMigrationEmpire campaign. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackHistoryMatters #VirtualIHR
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We've added some more suggestions to our curated list of freely available and open access resources for historians. Aimed at MA dissertation students, we hope it is useful to all researchers, esp. at this time. #twitterstorians #openaccess
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We've created a free listing of 400+ recent publications on Black British History, taken from the 'Bibliography of British & Irish History'. All published 2010-2020: Thanks to @Brepols for their help and @RoyalHistSoc. #BlackHistoryMonth #Twitterstorians
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BBC News - The UK's first black female history professor says she hopes she's not "the only one" for long. '"I've worked very hard and kept pushing and had a family," she says. "It's hard. I'm tired. It's bleak."' .
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All content on British History Online is currently free. *We're now extending this access to 30 September* . Please RT #VirtualIHR #twitterstorians @bho_history.
All premium content on British History Online now free for individual users This adds 200 vols of primary content, incl Calendars of SP Dom, 1547-1704; plus SP #Ireland & #Scotland. Hope this helps with research @bho_history . #VirtualIHR #twitterstorians
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Update: thanks to this hero, our entrance is water free and we are open to readers and visitors again. Seminars will proceed as normal this evening! #IHRflood
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All premium content on British History Online (@bho_history) is now freely available to assist with research These 200 vols of #medieval and #earlymodern content .remain free until 30 September 2020. #VirtualIHR #ECR #research #twitterstorians
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We've created a new, and growing, list of online historical resources for researchers: It's intended principally for MA & PhD researchers. Let us know if there's a #digital resource we should add, & we'll do so. #VirtualIHR #twitterstorians @IHR_Library
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All IHR monographs & edited collections, since 2012, now available free as #openaccess 20 books with 250+ chapters. Individual chapters also via @JSTOR #OA. From #medieval Italy to post-war Belfast. Published by @UoLPress . #VirtualIHR #twitterstorians
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We are delighted to announce a new Doctoral Fellowship in Black British History for students in the final stages of their graduate studies. #BlackBritishHistory For details about the doctoral fellowship and how to apply, visit:
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We are pleased to announce the launch of our new digital magazine and blog, On History! . The site will be home to new debates, ideas, and conversations about history and research. We welcome contributions and submissions! Visit:
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A statement from the Institute of Historical Research.
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Excellent new content for #earlymodern research + teaching now freely available on British History Online (@bho_history). We've digitized + published 2526 public petitions written C16th-C18th Great to work here with #PowerOfPetitioning. #twitterstorians
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The Bronze Ceiling: 9 out of 10 of London's figurative statues are dedicated to men. Millicent Fawcett's statue in parliament square will be unveiled today. What other pioneering women need to be celebrated and commemorated in our public spaces? Tell us. #RememberHer
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@HistoryPolicy We do have some classicists nearby, upstairs! Safe from the flood too. 🧐 @IcsDirector.
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Layers of London have just added some of the most beautiful, meticulous and hauntingly tragic maps to their free, online map collection. You can explore the London County Council's #WW2 bomb damage maps now: @LayersofLondon #openaccess
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All content on British History Online is currently free for research. Now, will you help us write some guides to using @bho_history? Guides will help others make most of BHO. More details & contact email in Part 4 of this new BHO blog Thank you #VirtualIHR
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Every chapter of every book published by the IHR since 2012 is now available free #openaccess via @JSTOR #OA Books #medievalhistory #twitterstorians
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We're very sorry to hear of the death of Justin Champion - an inspiring scholar & good friend of the IHR. Justin's 2006 @RHULHistory inaugural lecture - 'What are historians for?' - was published in the IHR's journal & is available here #twitterstorians
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Interested in writing a new kind of history? IHR's 'Short' series invites proposals for research-led essays of c.15-35,000 words . We're interested in quality history that needs alternative formats to journal article or monograph. Fully #openaccess too
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Interested in writing a new kind of history? IHR's 'Short' series invites proposals for research-led essays of c.15-35,000 words We're interested in quality history that needs alternative formats to journal article or monograph. Fully #openaccess too
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Thank you to everyone who made our event ‘Where do we fit in? Black and Asian British History on the Curriculum’ a great success! . We were proud to have over 300 people gathered to reflect and think about ways to take action. Thanks to all our speakers and poets who took part!
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Why do the British know so little about Irish history? An important question explored @HistoryToday. #Brexit #BritishHistory #UKPoli.
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@BeccaMeriel We will write the epic history of this day. (Mostly in 280 character bits). ✏️📚.
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World's largest collection of paper peepshows donated to V&A and also set to be digitised
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150 years ago today - at 1pm on 3 May 1869 - 9 female students began first British #university examination for women. Here's their story To be followed over next 5 days by questions from the exam papers. See how you get on! @timeshighered #twitterstorians
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Applications for the IHR Fellowship 2024 are now open! 🏛️ If you're a historian looking to strengthen your network and want to be part of our community, check out our fellowship opportunities. Discover more and apply here: ✍️#IHRFellowships.
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This #BlackHistoryMonth why not explore Imtiaz Habib’s 'Black Lives in the English Archive 1500-1607'. Habib traces the lives of people of colour in early modern England, like Tudor trumpeter John Blanke
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If you're looking for primary sources for a thesis, try British History Online (BHO). 1300 vols of free online research content, 40,000 images and 10,000 historic map tiles. New video on using @bho_history with editor Jonathan Blaney . #twitterstorians
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On the centenary of 6 Feb 1918, we're delighted to announce the IHR's new 'Suffrage Series, 1918-2018': a season of talks, debates, walks, concerts and lectures running through the year #Suffrage100 #Vote100 #100years #twitterstorians
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Databases are an essential tool for any historian dealing with large amounts of information (i.e. all of us!). Learn how to design, build, and maintain the perfect bespoke database for your project with our Databases for Historians training course.
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Happy #WorldPhilosophyDay! A day to celebrate the pursuit of wisdom and even to reflect on the meaning of life. Socrates believed that ‘the unexamined life is not worth living.’ . Shout out to all the philosophers, D.Phils and PhDs who’ve made the pursuit of knowledge their work.
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We are pleased to announce a special event on Tuesday 4 December with @RunnymedeTrust: 'Black and Asian British History on the Curriculum' will feature historians, activists, politicians and writers in conversation about this crucial issue. Book now: #BME
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All @ihr_history collections now available #openaccess. That's 1000+ years of British and Irish history in 167 chapters Chapter-by-chapter available via JSTOR #OA books #OAWeek18 #openaccessweek @SASPublications #twitterstorians
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Don't forget: we've a free guide to online resources for historians & researchers Includes details of 700+ sites to help while access to libraries & archives is limited. Created by @IHR_Library. Regularly updated. #twitterstorians #ecrchat #Lockdown3
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We are delighted to announce a new Doctoral Fellowship in Black British History for students in the final stages of their graduate studies. #BlackBritishHistory For details about the doctoral fellowship and how to apply, visit:
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An open letter signed by 175 historians calls on UK Home Office to correct ‘fundamentally misleading’ details on British empire and slavery The @histassoc invites members of the historical profession to sign the letter. #TeachRaceMigrationEmpire.
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New to British History Online: records of all PhD and MA History theses completed in the UK between 1901 and 1970 Search by title, author and date of completion. Lots of historiographical fun to be had here #twitterstorians @bho_history
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All IHR essay collections are now available #openaccess, including new titles published in 2019 All 182 essays now also available, chapter-by-chapter, via JSTOR #OA Books #twitterstorians
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British history is a global story shaped by migration, race and empire. This should be taught at all learning stages. Here are 7 simple things you can do to change the history curriculum . #TeachRaceMigrationEmpire #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackLivesMatter
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We're writing a new strategy and thinking what the IHR should be for historians in the 2020s and beyond. We want to involve all historians in deciding how the Institute should look in the future. If you have 10 minutes, please fill in this survey: #MyIHR
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Interested in researching the history of witchcraft and magic? The join us to discover the wealth of resources available to you from @IHR_Library @Warburg_News @SenateHouseLib .🗓 16 May.🕰 14:00-15:30 BST.🖥 Online. Register today via:
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13th incarnation & the 1st woman - we're talking about new IHR Director @JoFoxHist of course. Though she's a Professor, not a mere Doctor. .
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Guess what we are 3D printing in the @ihr_history digital office today? A Gutenberg printing press! We love old and new technologies coming together! @IES_London
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Announcing the launch of our highly anticipated Post Doctoral Early Career Research Fellowships! For additional details, please refer to this link: 📚 📣 (Deadline 31st January 2024) #IHRFellowships.
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Out soon: 'Masculinity and Danger on the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour', by Dr Sarah Goldsmith Latest in 'New Historical Perspectives' series from IHR, @RoyalHistSoc and @UoLPress. Available free #openaccess and print from 30 November . #twitterstorians
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Announcing three paid internships aimed at new researchers who will work on specially tailored projects which are specifically intended to enhance their professional and intellectual development. Deadline 31/05/24 at 11.59PM #Internship #DigitalHumanities.
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20 women scholars who changed history New website from @ihr_history and @kingshistory #twitterstorians
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FULL PODCAST now available! 🎧. In case you missed it or want to listen again, check out the full audio for our event 'Where do we fit in? Black and Asian British History on the Curriculum.' Hear teachers, poets, & writers reflect. #InvisibleHistory #BME
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IHR Director, Prof. Jo Fox, is among 50 signatories to today's lead letter in The Times on the need to teach colonial history in schools. Coordinated by @RunnymedeTrust and @JJtodd1966. Full text below. 1/6. #TeachRaceMigrationEmpire #twitterstorians .
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The Local Historian (and Amateur Historian) are now digitized and available online from vol. 1 1952
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Happy anniversary to Anne Lister and Ann Walker! #otd in 1834 the couple performed a personal lesbian marriage by taking the sacrament together @YorkHolyTrinity to seal their partnership
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In 1995, the IHR published an online research guide for historians. Here's the FULL LIST of digital research resources then available for historians in the UK:. #IHRDigital25 #howtimeshavechanged #dighist @IHRDigHist
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Legacies of British Slave-Ownership - The stunningly-comprehensive and meticulously-researched website-
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Those who enjoyed 'A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley' on @BBCFOUR can also read @sally_holloway's article ‘You know I am all on fire’: writing the adulterous affair in England, c.1740–1830' for FREE in our virtual issue on correspondence
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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the .@IHRHistoryLab Olivette Otele Paper Prize winner for 2021 is:. ▪ Sue Lemos @suelemos_. 🎉 Congratulations to Sue 🎉
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Listen 🎧 to a full podcast recording of our 'Understanding the Past: Historical Knowledge and #PublicHistory' event last night, cohosted with @HistoryToday and feat. @_paullay @DavidOlusoga @hrcastor @AnnaWhitelock. The full audio can be heard here:
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History matters, the Arts and Humanities matter, and chronological scope matters.
The premodern world held possibilities and imagined futures: the physical and metaphysical systems that were actively built and contested then continue to inform the world in the present. Read our statement on the value of Renaissance & Premodern Studies:
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Looking to publish your first book? . IHR and @RoyalHistSoc are running an #ECR #History workshop: 2pm Weds 15 July. Booking open: Panel: Emma Brennan (@ManchesterUP), Rhodri Morgan (@BloomsburyAcad), @jfwinters & Margot Finn. #VirtualIHR #twitterstorians
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Today's free IHR chapter is Eric Hobsbawm's 1993 essay 'The present as history: writing the history of one’s own time' From the newly reissued collection, 'The Creighton Century', now available #OpenAccess from @UoLPress . #VirtualIHR #twitterstorians
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The IHR is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Catherine Clarke to head our new research centre for the History of People, Place and Community. Read more about Catherine's appointment here: @SASNews
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Now available in a free #openaccess edition: . Dr Mandy Banton's 'Administering the Empire, 1801-1968': the essential guide to colonial and Commonwealth records @UkNatArchives: New from IHR and @UoLPress #FreeReadsFriday @ICwS_SAS #twitterstorians
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Congratulations to our #PollardPrize2023 winners, announced last night at the #HistoricalResearch annual lecture
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Happy birthday to Mary Seacole, born #otd in 1805. After being professionally overlooked due to racism, Mary Seacole set up her own hospital during the Crimean War, the ‘British Hotel’. She published her memoir 'The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands' in 1857
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Have you seen our latest open access digital project?. British and Irish Furniture Makers Online is a searchable database of furniture makers and apprentices. Free to use, more .
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Directory of newspaper digitisation efforts around the world, sorted by country from
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New book! Published today by IHR: 'Medieval Londoners' - a celebration of the career of #London historian, Prof. Caroline Barron. 14 chapters chart the many lives of #medieval Londoners All chapters free #openaccess from @UoLPress @RHULHistory #OA
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Were medieval women were actively kept away from political power? IHR Fellow Anaïs Waag examines this 19th century misconception and offers new insights in our digital magazine, 'On History.'.
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Join us for our 100th birthday on 8 July 2021. The IHR Global Birthday Event is bringing together leading historians from around the globe in celebration of the discipline of history as we think back and look forward. Full details coming soon! #OurCentury.
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‘Historians are good at exposing bad arguments.’ ‘The role of the historian is to cultivate a critical public intellect that allows people to understand how facts, truth and information are formed.’ —Justin Champion #posttruth @HistoryToday.
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Introducing the new resource, 'Teaching British Histories of Race, Migration and Empire' Today's blog sets the guide in context of @RunnymedeTrust's #TeachRaceMigrationEmpire campaign. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackHistoryMatters .#VirtualIHR @RoyalHistSoc
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'Why history matters': a conversation between Justin Champion & Jo Fox Recorded in 2018, this interview is now available on the IHR's #podcast 'History in Conversation', with new intro from Jo on Justin's work and legacy. #VirtualIHR #twitterstorians
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Fantastic new resource: Digital Bodleian - 115,000 images and counting http://t.co/D1eIwh2nDc
http://t.co/OudoINjQH0.
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Also don't forget: many IHR books (monographs and edited collections) now available free #openaccess: Currently 27 books & 300+ chapters via @UoLPress and also @JSTOR #OA. New titles to come in early 2021. @RoyalHistSoc #twitterstorians #Lockdown3
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Glen Jacques - who worked on IHR reception from 2005 until 2021 - died on 21 April 2022 after a period of ill health. Everyone at the Institute is devastated by this loss. The IHR community will remember his kind, friendly, welcoming presence, and his dedication to the Institute.
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New paid internship! Remembering the Dissolution of the Monasteries at Street Level. Deadline 27 April. For more details and how to apply:.
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Congratulations to our Pollard Prize winners for 2024 - Alex Beeton (winner) and Kathleen Commons and Joseph Hopper (runners-up). All papers will be published in Historical Research. Well done on your excellent research!
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We very are pleased to announce that our new website has gone live! Visit As the UK’s national centre for history, we hope historians of all kinds will explore, discover and connect with our work, and the ways we can support your research.
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New article! Teaching BAME History as British History: What does it have to do with Brexit? by @malachimcintosh and @hannahelias. #Brexit #nationalcurriculum #BME #BMH #BritishHistory @RunnymedeTrust.
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The Institute of Historical Research is older than Senate House, so what did it look like in the 1920s? The first IHR building was known as 'The Huts'. Here's another image from our archive for #InternationalArchivesDay. #IAD18 #IAD2018 @LondonU @UoLondon @SenateHouseLib @SASNews
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This May marks the 150th anniversary of the first exams sat by women at a British university. Read more from @P_J_Carter about this important anniversary in #women's education. #LeadingWomen #OnHistory @UoLondon @SASNews
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New #internship from @CHPPC working on London’s medieval customs accounts.Gain experience in research development and design, and in collaborating as part of a research team. #Bursary of £2500. Details and how to apply here Deadline 29 September.
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Coming soon! @ihr_history's first ever #MOOC (free open online course) from @CHPPC_IHR, with @UoLondon Worldwide & @Coursera: Applied #PublicHistory: Places, People, Stories. Discover fascinating stories, learn from amazing projects, build your own toolkit. October 2020.
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Job alert! The IHR seeks a Professor in the History of People, Place and Community. S/he will also become founding Director of IHR's new centre in History of People, Place and Community. Application deadline: 8 October. Further details
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"We needed to talk directly about the reception of this history and the ways it is often activated for contemporary political aims.". Helping Middle Schoolers Broaden Their Vision of History via @AHAhistorians #twitterstorians.
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We're very excited to see this 'Historians across Boundaries' series come together - from a team led by Dr Mike Esbester @UoP_History, linked to the #HistoriansCollaborate initiative, and one of our exciting new #online IHR Partnership Seminars for 2021.
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