#GenHour Join Poor London Week: 5-day family history experience with 11 expert talks, guided walks, research support + connect with fellow genealogists. Attend in person or online and explore workhouses, Victorian slums, foundlings & Charlie Chaplin’s London. Book: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...

I'm leading this new @ihr.bsky.social Discovery Course: 'Writing and Pitching Your #Trade Non-Fiction #Book'. Two days, with experienced writers + agent Elliot Prior (Curtis Brown), plus an optional add-on 'writing retreat' with expert advice @ihrlibrary.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Writing and Pitching Your Trade Non-Fiction Book

Discovery Course (PAID)

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The famous Senate House tour from Professor Philip Murphy, Director of @historyandpolicy.bsky.social, as part of our @ihr.bsky.social #London #SummerSchool. We enjoyed learning about the #history of the building, including as the WW2 Ministry of Information, and spotting film locations!

@ihr.bsky.social check out the exhibition as part of the summer school here is a small taster

Many congratulations to Charlotte Gauthier, @faraiunvers.bsky.social winner of the @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org and @chalkefestival.bsky.social ‘Pitch My Project’ competition for an outstanding talk at Chalke last night! @lucynoakes1.bsky.social

My colleague @evehayes123.bsky.social giving a brilliant interactive lecture on 'From Global Pandemics to Local Stories: AIDS, Covid-19 and Bloomsbury' as part of our @ihr.bsky.social #London #SummerSchool. Challenging, illuminating and moving.

Pandemics and Politics. A lovely way to spend the morning guest lecturing for our @ihr.bsky.social #SummerSchool today. Great to share the floor with @historyandpolicy.bsky.social colleague Prof Philip Murphy. A huge thank you also to @cathamclarke.bsky.social for organising. @sas-news.bsky.social

Looking back on yesterday (Day 2) at the @ihr.bsky.social #London #SummerSchool. In the afternoon, @justincolson.bsky.social led participants in exploring and interpreting the Charterhouse Water #Maps, relating them to the geography of the modern city & thinking about how they were used.

I'm really looking forward to being a judge for The Conversation Prize for writers 2026, in partnership with Faber Books and Curtis Brown. There's still time to get your entry in! Submit your 2000-word article and book idea by Sunday 5 July! theconversation.com/entries-now-...

The famous @ihr.bsky.social 'Pub Quiz' held as part of our annual #London #SummerSchool! Yes, that's colleagues @graffitiginger.bsky.social and @justincolson.bsky.social sniffing medicinal herbs to identify them - plus the winning team and star MC @beccameriel.bsky.social.

Day 1 of our fabulous @ihr.bsky.social #London #SummerSchool 2026: 'Sickness and Health'. We've enjoyed a lecture from @clairelanghamer.bsky.social, an @ihrlibrary.bsky.social introduction and workshop, and a brilliant visit to @bharchives.bsky.social and Barts North Wing. Thank you!

The incredible exhibition for the @ihr.bsky.social London Summer School 2026 (Sickness and Health) is ready! Creative direction by @beccameriel.bsky.social with additional brilliance from @graffitiginger.bsky.social. Check out the library mini exhibition too - all on the IHR lower-ground floor.

We can't wait to welcome groups from the @ihr.bsky.social Summer School next week - if ever a theme was made for our collections, it is 'Sickness and Health'! We have lots of fascinating material to share with them on Monday

Centre for the History of People, Place & Community@chppc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A brilliant morning in @senatehouselib.bsky.social! @cathamclarke.bsky.social and @graffitiginger.bsky.social have been looking at special collections materials ready for our @ihr.bsky.social London Summer School next week - on the theme of 'Sickness and Health'. Our participants are in for a treat!

A brilliant morning in @senatehouselib.bsky.social! @cathamclarke.bsky.social and @graffitiginger.bsky.social have been looking at special collections materials ready for our @ihr.bsky.social London Summer School next week - on the theme of 'Sickness and Health'. Our participants are in for a treat!

Recent @ihr.bsky.social MA student and Library Services Manager @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, @katewilcox.bsky.social, has won the Phil Batman Family History Prize (Centre for Regional & Local History, University of Leicester). Discover her powerful and moving project: blog.history.ac.uk/2026/06/crea...

Creative historical practice: an eighty-year family journey - On History

Kate Wilcox, Library Services Manager at the IHR, recently completed the IHR’s MA in History, Place and Community. Here, she shares her experiences of developing a critical-creative research project.

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Still wondering about joining us @ihr.bsky.social for this year's London Summer School (22-26 June)? Bookings close on 12 June. Our 2026 theme is 'Sickness and Health', with our usual focus on #London #history. View the full schedule of lectures, trips etc: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Daily Schedule

IHR Summer School Schedule 2026.

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Delighted that the article based on my Historical Research Lecture (Nov 2025) is now online in the @ihr.bsky.social / @oxfordunipress.bsky.social journal Historical Research. 'Can popular #history be radical?' A real honour: thanks to my colleagues, especially journal editor @saracharles.bsky.social

What an absolute treat to host the brilliant Andrew Ziminski at @ihr.bsky.social for our annual VCH Day Lecture. A spellbinding talk full of expertise and insight - and great to hear the vital role the VCH has played in Andrew's own work on historic buildings. @vch-home.bsky.social

New public talk! "Done to death by the system": railway worker accidents as 'conventional crime' in 19th & 20th century Britain Sat 2 May, Portsmouth, 12noon Project co-lead Mike (@uophistory.bsky.social) will explore what railway staff accidents tell us about life & work in the past.

Heading to the SHP Summer Conference this year? If you’re interested in practical classroom ideas for teaching history, come and join us! We’ll be sharing resources, lesson ideas, & talking about what actually works in history classrooms. Which workshop are you most excited about this year? #SHP26

CHPPC Advisory Board member Tré Ventour-Griffiths will be giving this fascinating and important lecture on Thurs 23 April: 'Bridgerton's Forgotten Enslavers: Inside Jane Austen's Candy-Land'. And did we mention you can listen with a pint in hand? Info & booking: www.tickettailor.com/events/pints...

Buy tickets – "Bridgerton's Forgotten Enslavers: Inside Jane Austen's Candy-Land" – Camden Town Brewery Beer Hall

"Bridgerton's Forgotten Enslavers: Inside Jane Austen's Candy-Land" – Camden Town Brewery Beer Hall, Thu 23 Apr 2026 - "Jane Austen's Candy-Land: Inside Bridgerton's Forgotten Slaveowners"With Tré Ven...

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Brilliant review of Thomas Asbridge's 'magisterial' new book on the #BlackDeath. We'll hear from Thomas in this year's Derek Keene London Lecture - part of the 2026 @ihr.bsky.social Summer School on 'Sickness and Health'. Info: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

The Black Death by Thomas Asbridge review – a medieval horror story

A magisterial history of one of the worst ever pandemics focuses on the individuals caught up in the chaos

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#Bursary applications for the 2026 @ihr.bsky.social #London #SummerSchool are open until 26 March! Join us this June to explore 'Sickness and Health' in London #history: from the Black Death to the Covid-19 pandemic, with lectures, trips and visits. All welcome. See www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Derek Keene #London #Lecture 2026 is open for (free) booking! Join us on Weds 24 June to hear Thomas Asbridge on the #BlackDeath in London, drawing on his new book. The lecture forms a focal point of our annual @ihr.bsky.social #SummerSchool, this year focused on #London 'Sickness & Health'.

There was a flurry of interest a few months ago in response to Mark Humphries' article on using Google Gemini 3.5 Pro Preview for transcribing a C18th commercial ledger generativehistory.substack.com/p/the-sugar-... So at @chppc.bsky.social we decided to have an experiment (2/9)

The Sugar Loaf Test: How an 18th-Century Ledger Reveals Gemini 3.0’s Emergent Reasoning

A deep dive into my experience testing the new Gemini 3.0 Pro and the growing evidence I’ve seen for emergent neuro-symbolic reasoning.

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Obviously, the disposal of church buildings and their changing uses is a matter that generates strong emotions and asks important historical questions. Some of these are explored in this @chppc.bsky.social seminar which you can watch here:

Recording a Reformation: preserving the stories of closed church buildings

The Sacred Landscape project at the University of Saint Andrews was established to record the impact of changing religious landscapes, most notably the closure of church buildings

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It is self-evident looking around cities, towns and the smallest villages that there are places of worship no longer used by those that built them. 🗃️ Some, of course, are houses. Others remain in devotional use. Some examples from our volumes, supplemented by other information - a short thread 🧵

Join us at our 2-day oral history & digital storytelling course @ihr.bsky.social Explore the benefits of creative expression in the digital storytelling process, culminating in the opportunity to create your very own short video! shorturl.at/VHj0G vimeo.com/1121186908?f... @maxinebeuret.bsky.social

People of the Institute of Historical Research

This short video features a selection of portraits taken at the Institute of Historical Research. They are inspired by the characters of the subjects and accompanied…

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Great to see our new IHR Discovery Course on 'Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place', led by @justincolson.bsky.social, getting off to a brilliant start this morning. A full room, lots of treasures from @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, + a fascinating few days of lectures, workshops and visits ahead!

The Derek Keene #London #Lecture 2026 is open for (free) booking! Join us on Weds 24 June to hear Thomas Asbridge on the #BlackDeath in London, drawing on his new book. The lecture forms a focal point of our annual @ihr.bsky.social #SummerSchool, this year focused on #London 'Sickness & Health'.