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Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) Intern in Environmental Histories Zoë Jackson uses two petitions as a starting point to reflect on environmental history as a field, and the…

You're invited! School of Advanced Study Festival of Research and Engagement, Thursday 8 October 2026

We are home to the UK's largest programme of research seminars dedicated to history, with 60 meeting regularly during the academic year. All welcome, explore the directory.

History & Policy Trade Union Forum

On Friday 25 September the Society hosted the latest lecture in its 2026 programme. Our great thanks to Professor Glen O'Hara (Oxford Brookes University) who spoke on: ‘In All Our Footsteps? Rights of...

IHR Research Training

We deliver high-quality training programmes and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages and historical interests.

'In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act' at the IHR

IHR Short Course (PAID)

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History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...

In the tapestry’s early scenes depicting what happened before 1066, William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson helped each other.

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Transition to a green, carbon-neutral economy, or ‘net-zero’, is the urgent challenge facing us all given the reality of climate change. Informed opinion agrees that failure to act will lead to soarin...

We deliver high-quality training programmes and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages and historical interests.

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