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Friends Film Evening: The Duchess (2008)
The Friends of the IHR will be hosting another of its popular film evenings on 17 February at 5:30. Professor Penelope Corfield, Professor Emeritus, Royal Holloway, University of London will be...
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Donation from the American Friends of the IHR
© Trustees of the British Museum As the forthcoming issue of Past and Future details, a donation from the American Friends of the IHR has enabled the IHR library to purchase a collection of printed...
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The newest Friends Committee Member: Kelly Spring
Kelly Spring, Friends Committee A less well-known, but integral part of the Institute of Historical Research is its Friends programme. Founded to support the aims of the Institute, the Friends bring...
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Update on the IHR redevelopment
Miles Taylor, Director of the IHR recently hosted a site tour of the IHR to view progress on the redevelopment. The group went through the entire IHR from top to bottom, which provided a clear idea of...
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IHR Friends Summer Outing: Kenwood House
This post was written for us by Kelly Spring, one of our Friends committee members Kenwood House This year’s annual IHR Friends summer outing took us to Kenwood House in Hampstead Heath on 8 July....
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Discounted subscriptions to the Bibliography of British and Irish History for...
Looking down from the top of the IHR stairs. Discounted subscriptions to the online Bibliography of British and Irish History are available to Friends of the IHR who may not have access to the...
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IHR Friends Film Evening – Henry V (1944)
Professor Anne Curry 2015 seems to be a year marking many notable anniversaries: 800 years since Magna Carta; 750 years since the first elected Parliament representing all of England; 200 years since...
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Friends of the IHR Summer Outing: Sutton House and St Augustine’s Tower
This post was kindly written by Kelly Spring, a Committee Member of the Friends of the IHR and a PhD Candidate at the University of Manchester. Sutton House ©...
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Digital development: a commitment to OA
When I joined the IHR in early August, I did so with the challenging assignment of helping to further the Institute’s mission to embrace the opportunities of digital content delivery and enable greater...
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British historians discuss the legacy of Magna Carta at conference in China
This year, the British-Chinese History Conference travels to Beijing to understand the foundational and international importance of Magna Carta. From 9 to 13 September, eight leading figures of early...
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Overruling the duke in the IHR Library
Dr Stuart Handley of the History of Parliament writes about an eighteenth-century pamphlet in the IHR Library. This collection of pamphlets was bound using a donation to the conservation fund. Among...
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IHR Friends Summer Outing: Tower of London
On 4 July, a group of 24 Friends of the IHR and interested members of the public gathered for a guided tour of the Tower of London. Every summer the Friends organise a visit to some place of historical...
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The IHR Library Conservation Fund
One of the most important and unique aspects of the IHR Library is the quantity and range of works available on open access. Over the course of the last year, the IHR Library has been able to have...
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Discounted subscriptions to the online Bibliography of British and Irish History
Discounted subscriptions to the online Bibliography of British and Irish History are available to Friends of the IHR who may not have access to the Bibliography through a university or other...
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Professor Derek Keene (1942-2021) by Matthew Davies
Remembering Professor Derek Keene Derek Keene, who died recently of Alzheimer’s at the age of 78, was one of the leading figures in medieval and urban history over the past forty years. He was the...
View ArticleIHR Paid Internships: Summer 2021
Opportunities for research experience and career development, thanks to the generosity of donors to the IHR. We are delighted to announce three paid internships for early-career historians, to be...
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