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Our Partners at the Thames Festival Trust are advertising for a Heritage Project Manager. Could this be you? thamesfestivaltrust.org/about-us/joi...

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Thought-provoking History and Archives in Practice 2026 conference at Firth Court with @royalhistsoc.org, @natarchivestrust.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social - exploring the relationship between collections, researchers, practice and locality. Lots to ponder... #HAP26, #shapingsocieties

If you or your students research any aspect of British, Irish or British colonial/imperial history (Roman empire to today) and need a tool that will never hallucinate sources, check out the BBIH. It develops research skills rather than repressing them. Instit. & indiv. subscriptions available.

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This month, I have been in Bermuda for a funded research trip to understand the historical experiences of British Overseas Territories as central hubs of the transatlantic slave trade and the strategic positioning of Bermuda specifically as the oldest remaining British colony. @ihr.bsky.social

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

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/...
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IHR Internships IHR Internships support new researchers to develop their skills and broaden their experience within and beyond the historical research community.

Only one week left to apply for the IHR 2026 internship with the Bibliography of British and Irish History, concentrating on environmental histories. Find more details and submit your application at: buff.ly/Vzpz6G3 (application deadline 15 April 2026, 11:59 pm BST).

Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.

Are you studying, researching or teaching a history topic and not sure where to start? Try a search using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net

Bookings open! It's going to be a fabulous event!

Published in association with @ihr.bsky.social & @royalhistsoc.org, it was funded via @jisc.bsky.social #OpenAccess Community Framework. Thanks for the support!

It is the 26th book in a brilliant series supporting early-career researchers publishing their first book.

#OACF #Funding #History #ECRs

Migration and Mobility History The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

Our programme for summer seminars @ihr.bsky.social is up now! Featuring a v timely paper on American citizenship + immigration at the founding; ancient Greek refugeedom; gypsy and Roma mobility; & cross-confessional solidarity with refugees in early 20thC Britain tinyurl.com/3bxsdy32

‘History and Archives in Practice, 2026’: full programme now available - RHS On Thursday 16 April 2026, the Royal Historical Society joins with The National Archives, Institute ofHistorical Research and University of Sheffield Library to co-host the this year’s History and Arc...

On 16 April, we are in Sheffield to co-host this year's 'History and Archives in Practice' (#HAP26), with The National Archives, @ihr.bsky.social and @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social.

This year's theme is: ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives'. Full programme now available: bit.ly/4s5UMCS #Skystorians

Copper engraving of Doctor Schnabel [i.e Dr. Beak], a plague doctor in seventeenth-century Rome, with a satirical macaronic poem (‘Vos Creditis, als eine Fabel, / quod scribitur vom Doctor Schnabel’) in octosyllabic rhyming couplets.

How have infectious diseases shaped life in Britain and Ireland? The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) reading list “Infectious and Contagious Diseases in British and Irish History” lists 557 references on epidemics, medicine and public health. Explore: buff.ly/RqsH6Gz

Collections Information about the IHR Wohl Library's collections.

And they're back! Readers can oncemore access our range of collection guides which give overviews to our collections as well as introductions to themes which run through them.
Follow the link to start browsing: www.history.ac.uk/library/coll...
Even more will be added in the coming weeks.

📣 Call for Papers – Summer Conference

The Ecclesiastical History Society invites 20-minute paper proposals on the theme 'The Church and Race'.

We welcome contributions from scholars at all career stages.

🗓 Submission deadline: 15 April 2026

#CFP #ChurchHistory #Skystorians

Vincent Hiribarren: Historian vs AI: who reads and analyses archives best YouTube video by IHR Digital History Seminar

📢 If you missed Vincent Hiribarren's recent @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar 'Historian vs AI: who reads and analyses archives best', the talk is now on our YouTube channel youtu.be/VO26YAK1mu0 #dhist

At the event we'll be hearing from @lsangha.bsky.social, @lauracking.bsky.social, Paul Carter (TNA), @ruthslatter.bsky.social, @isabellajackson.bsky.social, Grace Huxford (Bristol), @lucynoakes1.bsky.social, @beckierutherford.bsky.social & Naomi Tadmor (Lancaster), all at the @ihr.bsky.social!

Life-Cycles This thematic seminar series addresses issues relating to the life-cycle

You can also look on our page on the @ihr.bsky.social website to see what we have planned for the summer term. Let us tempt you with our Tuesday evenings of wonderful history.
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'Pitch my Project' selects speaker for Chalke History Festival, 2026 - RHS The Society's 'Pitch my Project' reached its final at an event on Friday 20 March. This initiative -- a partnership between the Society, Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and Chalke History Festi...

Last Friday, the Society - together with @ihr.bsky.social & @chalkefestival.bsky.social - held the finals of 'Pitch my Project', 2026 bit.ly/4lMEsFz

This new scheme offers sessions at Chalke for early career historians, along with mentoring, to communicate research to new audiences #Skystorians 1/2

This is 2-4pm London time.

This Wednesday! @laurajcleaver.bsky.social on medieval manuscripts in the age of Modernism! Online and in-person at @ihr.bsky.social 17.30 GMT. There's still time to register for what will be a fantastic treat!

How to Reach a Broader Audience: An Introduction to Non-Fiction Trade Publishing in 2026

On Thursday I will be chairing our online session on writing history aimed at a wider audience with guests Elliot Prior and Sabhbh Curran from Curtis Brown Literary Agency. All welcome - sign up here:

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I was at the @ihr.bsky.social tonight for the ‘Pitch my Project’ contest that they’d been running in conjunction with the @royalhistsoc.org & Chalke Valley History Festival. The finalists were all terrific - really genuinely interesting & enthused. The judges had a very tough job picking a winner!

You can also explore BBIH's free online reading list 'Researching environmental histories' buff.ly/XwrPrf5 @brepols.net

Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.

Are you studying, researching or teaching histories of forests and the environment? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net

Online reading lists from BBIH A listing of recent publications (2010-2020) in the field of Black British History, taken from the 'Bibliography of British and Irish History' in October 2020.

You can also explore BBIH's free online reading list 'Researching digital histories' buff.ly/XwrPrf5 @brepols.net

Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.

International Day for Digital Learning. Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) to learn more about digital histories. It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net

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How to Reach a Broader Audience: An Introduction to Non-Fiction Trade Publishing in 2026. The IHR-Curtis Brown initiative aims to de-mystify the process of writing for broader audiences and navigating the publishing process. FREE online 26 March 2-4pm
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IHR Internships IHR Internships support new researchers to develop their skills and broaden their experience within and beyond the historical research community.

Interested in environmental history? The IHR is offering a summer 2026 internship with the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). Apply by 15 April 2026, 11:59 pm BST. More details at: buff.ly/Vzpz6G3.