Research Training The IHR offers a wide range of training courses for historians at all career stages, from digital research and oral history to archives and publishing.
Online Courses We offer a range of free online courses, covering subjects as diverse as data preservation, designing databases, digital tools and palaeography.
MRes in Historical Research The IHR offers an MRes degree in Historical Research, comprising taught sessions and a 30,000 word dissertation.
MPhil / PhD The IHR has an active research programme of MPhil and PhD degrees for full and part-time students.
MA in Garden and Landscape History The IHR offers an MA in Garden and Landscape History, comprising taught sessions and a 15,000 word dissertation.
History Lab History Lab is the national network for postgraduate students in history and related disciplines.
History Lab Plus History Lab Plus is a network that supports early career historians and independent researchers.
Intercollegiate Courses in History at the University of London The University of London has a range of intercollegiate History courses for London students from other Member Institutions. The IHR offers this annual listing.
12 may Why Not Let the Leaning Tower of Pisa Collapse? By Daniel Snowman This is the first in a series of three blog pieces by IHR Senior Fellow, Daniel Snowman, raising provocative issues about how we regard and me…
09 may The Changing Relevance of Empire In this article Professor Trevor Burnard, a section editor for Empire to 1783 at the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), Wilberforce Professor of …
29 apr Toppling Colston: decolonisation of our own practice By Mark McCarthy Through the months of lockdown, our Student Group Zoom meetings often discussed how historical research intersects with contemporary life. A b…
27 apr The Gough Map Project: A Tale of Two Maps By William D. Shannon The Gough Map Project has reached that ‘interesting’ stage where we are moving from either sitting on the fence and making no decisions, o…
31 mar New from the Victoria County History: Launching Tamworth The post New from the Victoria County History: Launching Tamworth appeared first on On History.
31 mar New from the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire: The South Oxfordshire … The post New from the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire: The South Oxfordshire Chilterns: Caversham, Goring, and Area appeared first on On History.
17 mar ‘Creative Repurposing’ and Levelling Up: Place, Heritage and Urban Renewal … By Catherine Clarke, Director of the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community at the IHR We are delighted to announce that the Centre for the Histo…
16 mar Making history: the materials and methods of IHR students, 1921-2021 By Diane Clements, (MRes, IHR, 2018; current PhD student, IHR) When A. F. Pollard established the IHR in 1921 his intention was to encourage the study of the ex…
Library The IHR Wohl Library has one of the world's greatest collections of open shelf primary works & reference materials.
Seminars, A-Z We are home to the UK's largest programme of research seminars dedicated to history, with over 70 meeting regularly during the academic year. All welcome, explore the directory.
Centre for the History of People, Place and Community The Centre for the History of People, Place and Community fosters engaged, innovative research into placed histories across all regions and periods.
Our Mission The Institute of Historical Research is the UK's national centre for history. Learn more about our mission, our values and our vision for the future.