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...

Mary Leapor worked as a servant at Edgcote House and documented the goings on below stairs in her poetry.

Historian and author known for three major books – about Britain during the second world war, life in the 1930s and the place of the blitz in national mythology

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) strategy for 2026 to 2031. This document supersedes the UKRI 2022 to 2027 strategy.

We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.

Hundreds of people face redundancy as the Brighton-based facility tries to save £35m.

Katherine Milliken I spoke at the recent (and excellent) Modern British Studies Association conference in Birmingham as part of a panel on ‘New Legal Histories of Late Modern Britain, c,1970-2010’ and...

This blog was written by Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR Historians are very good at crafting arguments and in recent times very many people have advanced very many arguments about why history m...

The cuts that have been proposed at the University of Exeter demonstrates the crisis of purpose in Britain’s universities. Should not universities also be places to prepare for "eternal dwellings"?

History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

The Society's Early Career Fellowship Grant scheme provides grants of £2,000, maximum, for discrete research projects lasting no more than six months. In 2026, two rounds of grants will be awarded by ...

Contemporary British History Seminar

Women's History Seminar

Contemporary British History Seminar

New analysis from the British Academy shows us huge areas of the country where key areas of humanities, arts, and social sciences are not taught. Ruairi Cullen has the details

Recruiting now: Lecturer in Modern British History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

Data derived from the Bibliography of British and Irish History. About the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) The Bibliography of British and Irish History is an essential tool for th…

Protecting what matters: A joint statement by the Historical Association, History UK, Royal Historical Society and the IHR

The Ian Roy Mid-Career IHR Library Bursary is offered with the generous support of the estate of Ian Roy.