Institute of Historical Research
Senate House, home of the IHR
Founded in 1921, the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) was the virtually single-handed creation of A. F. Pollard, who sought to create a School of History in London to equal those already existing in Germany and the USA. The IHR was to serve as a centre for postgraduate historical research, encompassing seminars, training courses in historical methods and a comprehensive library, as well as organising the annual Anglo-American conference. Over the years the IHR has also hosted a range of different centres and projects, including the History of Parliament, Victoria County History (VCH), Centre for Contemporary British History (CCBH) and the Centre for Metropolitan History (CMH).
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- Website:
- http://www.history.ac.uk/
- Historians:
- Galbraith, Vivian Hunter
Pollard, Albert Frederick
Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth - Institutions:
- Centre for Contemporary British History
Centre for Metropolitan History
History & Policy
History of Parliament
Victoria County History
Other Articles
- The History Laboratory: the Institute of Historical Research 1921–1996, ed. Debra J. Birch and Joyce M. Horn (London, 1996)
- Doris S. Goldstein, 'The organizational development of the British historical profession 1884–1921', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 55 (1982), 180–93
- A. T. Milne, 'Twenty-five years at the Institute 1946–1971', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 44 (1971), 283–92.
- Guy Parsloe, 'Recollections of the Institute 1922–43', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 44 (1971), 270–83
- Steven R. B. Smith, 'The Institute of Historical Research 1971–96: its third quarter-century', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 69 (1996), 181–96
