Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library
The Wohl Library of the @ihr.bsky.social is a national resource for everyone researching or writing history. Membership is free to everyone and we are an open access, reference library holding over 200,000 books and journals.
- In the religious history collection readers can find editions of papal letters, works on specific popes, councils and papal government including papal conclaves (shelf-mark ER.512) and the College of Cardinals (ER.546) Find out about the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library/coll... #conclave
- New books have arrived at the IHR Library! Explore the latest titles in our collection, from Black newspapers in Latin America and the VCH Short of Southend, to the historiography of colonial Bengal and the only known autobiography of a Yorkshire suffragist
- Over this bank holiday weekend the IHR and library will be closed from 8.30pm on Friday 2nd May, reopening again on Tuesday 6th May at 9.00am. www.history.ac.uk/about-us/ope... We hope everyone has a good break and see you again next week.
- Explore some of the newest additions to the IHR Library’s queer history collection in a blog post written by Lara Short, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant📚 blog.history.ac.uk/2025/04/new-...
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryJoin us and @brepols.bsky.social for a webinar introducing the new Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) interface. Date: Monday 28 April 2025 Time: 17:00 (Brussels) / 11:00 (Eastern Time, USA) / 16:00 (London, UK) Duration: 15 minutes, followed by a Q&A More info: bit.ly/BBIHwebinar
- We will be closed from Thursday 17 April - Tuesday 22 April inclusive, reopening on Wednesday 23 April at 9am. Have a lovely Easter break!🌷
- New to the library is this two volume work about the brief period of press freedom introduced in Denmark by the Enlightenment physician/statesman J. F. Struensee. It offers a thorough survey of the titles produced during the years 1770-73 - catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b4676...
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library@ihrlibrary.bsky.social survey closes this Friday 11 April. Have your say!
- New books on the first and second floors! Browse titles on the Stonewall riots, Japan's imperial legacies, Scottish witchcraft trials and more.
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryIn celebration of Women's History Month, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant Sarah Admans has written a blog showcasing a selection of the wide range of sources that can be found in the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social focusing on women and their lived experience. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/03/wome...
- There's still plenty of time to take part in this year's library user survey. Your feedback is really welcome. And you can also opt in to enter a £25 book token prize draw
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryDelve into a wealth of #ReviewsInHistory queer history book reviews in this special issue curated by Lara Short, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, in celebration of LGBT+ History Month 2025.
- New additions to our Jewish History Collection includes a set of the interviews of Holocaust survivors as part of an ongoing oral history project by My Voice (myvoice.org.uk).
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryWe’re in Cambridge for the Cambridge Archives and Collections Fair, with a wide variety of fellow stall holders @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
- Happy International Women's Day! 🥳💪 We have a large collection of materials on women's history at the IHR. Here are some of our most recent acquisitions at the library. Pay us a visit if you're interested in finding more.
- Got a minute? Please complete our annual library survey. We'd love to hear what you think! buff.ly/euZHYnA
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryDrop in next week for the 2025 Archives & Collections Fair. This year we are thrilled to welcome several new organisations including @jisc.bsky.social Archive & Library Hubs, @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, @senatehouselib.bsky.social and Cambridgeshire Association for Local History (CALH). #ArchiveFair25
- Quite pertinent...unfortunately - Claiming the people's past: #populist politics of #history in the twenty-first century added to the library's historiography collection - buff.ly/4SC2XGt
- Here is a selection of new migration and refugee history titles added to our, in this instance, Brazilian, US and Jewish history collections. To discover more sign up to the workshop on Migration and Refugee Narratives taking place on the 20th March buff.ly/kBrnmcD
- In light of the German elections, we have a range of works on modern German political history. To find out more, consult our collection guide buff.ly/4hVyrDI
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryReally looking forward to giving a paper on 'Mapping criminal justice in 18th century London', tomorrow @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social All welcome either in person or online, but please register at www.history.ac.uk/events/mappi...
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryWant to learn more about London's history this summer? Join us @ihrlibrary.bsky.social between 14 and 18 July for our fabulous Summer School featuring Jack Cade, Punk, the rebellious pasts of Bloomsbury and much, much, more. 🗃️
- New week, new books! Browse titles on medieval love letters, punk oral histories, travel journals and more on the first and second floors.
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryThis #free #online #training event, from @ihrlibrary.bsky.social and @ials.bsky.social, will be useful for anyone researching #migration and #refugee narratives - including our friends @refugeetales.bsky.social. www.history.ac.uk/events/resea...
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library'Announced on Holocaust Memorial Day, the Wiener Holocaust Library’s new online platform includes more than 150,000 items collected over nine decades. Users can view letters, pamphlets and photographs that record the rise of fascism in Britain and Europe.' Link: www.whlcollections.org/index/
- Read about one of our current trainees, Lara Short, and her first term at the IHR Library.
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryInterested in a career in history and librarianship? We have a fantastic opportunity to come and work as a Trainee Library Assistant in the IHR Wohl Library @ihrlibrary.bsky.social . 2 posts available starting in September 2025 for 1 year. Apply by 31st January 2025.
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryThe refurbishment of the IHR Common Room has begun. Come back and see the new look in February.
- New Year, New Books to browse on the 1st and 2nd floors including autobiographical works, diaries, cartularies, reportage and historiography ranging from the medieval to the present.
- Hope everyone had a nice break. We are now open again at our regular times (Monday-Friday 9am-8.30pm and Saturday 9.30am-5.15pm) www.history.ac.uk/about-us/ope...
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryPlanning on visiting the IHR in January? Please be aware that our common room will be closed for refurbishment from 6 - 25 January. Readers will be able to request periodicals from @@ihrlibrary.bsky.social For more information visit
- Interested in researching migration and refugee narratives? This online research training session will introduce participants to a wealth of resources and is free to attend. 🗓 20 March 2025 🕰 14:00-15:30 BST 🖥 Online Register today via: www.history.ac.uk/events/resea...
- Check out our new books on the first and second floors. Among our recent additions are works on American Indian oral traditions, decolonial historiography and commemoration.
- With news of the historian and resistance fighter #MarcBloch being inducted into the Panthéon, we wanted to let our readers know they can explore his works in our collections and give thanks to the donations he made when the Institute's library was being established.
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryStudying, researching or teaching the histories of disability? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), it contains 650,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH
- Before we start adding to the tsunami of starter packs, all our lovely new followers might want to explore our collection pages, where you can get an overview of the geographic and chronological spread of what can be found in the library www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
- The library is a rich resource for anyone researching British and Irish #localhistory. But we also have local history holdings in many other collections, including Germany, Latin America, Italy and US States to name a few. Browse the library pages to find out more www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
- New books to see on the 1st and 2nd floors. Browse works on WWI graffiti and debates in Irish public history, as well as 15th century writings on tyrants and Cassidy Hutchinson's memoir.
- We're glad everyone had a lovely day. Specifically though the thanks should primarily go to @katewilcox.bsky.social of the IHR Library and @argular.bsky.social from the Senate House Library 👏
- All the credit must go to our @ihrlibrary.bsky.social and Senate House Library colleagues who put the whole thing together. You are correct; they ARE brilliant.
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library✨ History Day 2024 has offically begun! ✨ We'll be in Senate House, London, today from 11:00 - 16:00 GMT with over 90 organisations waiting to chat with you about their collections and your research interests! Come along! What will you discover at #HistDay24 ?
- "We eagerly anticipate future tangents that the Warburg collections will send us into." Read @warburginstitute.bsky.social online contribution for #HistDay24 - a blog post about how corpses became beautiful. Visit their stall at the History Day fair today! buff.ly/3YU63d9
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryAlways one of my favourite History Day images: my sister playing 'Weetabix and the Titchies' (free if you collected tokens on the cereal box) on our new BBC Micro Computer, in the 1980s... We used this pic when we explored 'Everyday Technology Firsts' at History Day 2022. Can't wait for #HistDay24!
- Looking ahead to History Day, Graduate Trainee Librarians, Sarah and Lara, highlight some of the not-to-be-missed online-only contributions to #HistDay24. Discover more in their new blog post: buff.ly/4fqiEuV! Keep signing up & we'll see you next week! What will you discover? #HistDay24
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryLooking ahead to History Day, Graduate Trainee Librarians, Sarah and Lara, highlight some of the not-to-be-missed online-only contributions to #HistDay24. Discover more in their new blog post: buff.ly/4fqiEuV! Keep signing up & we'll see you next week! What will you discover? #HistDay24
- History Day is coming so remember, remember the 5th of November!
- Not long to go! With History Day 2024 right around the corner, History Day intern Katherine reflects on planning the event and what to look forward to at #HistDay24. Read the new blog at buff.ly/4hhx0j7 and keep signing up at buff.ly/3zyvHLE . What will you discover? #HistDay24
- Just arrived the political writings of Aimé Césaire covering his political career from 1935 to 2008 - catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b4585... You can find out more about the IHR library's Caribbean #history resources from our collection guide: www.history.ac.uk/library/coll...
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryWe were very sorry to hear about the death of Professor Dame Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). An outstanding and uniquely generous medieval scholar and teacher, Jinty Nelson was a great friend to the IHR and to its diverse communities. We will all miss her hugely.
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryDiscover the organisations taking part in #HistDay24 at buff.ly/2IzuuJ8. Who are you excited to talk to at History Day? Don’t forget to register for #HistDay24 at buff.ly/3zyvHLE (attendance is free!) See you on the 5th! What will you discover? #HistDay24
- Check out our new books display on the first floor. Our recent additions include a range of memoirs, journals and essays. Browse the library catalogue here: buff.ly/3TCliEk
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryIt's coming! The IHR #London #SummerSchool 2025: theme #Rebels. Featuring the Bishopsgate Institute, Museum of Youth Culture, People of 1381 project, Goldsmith's Company Archive, plus more visits and expert lectures. 10% discount until 13 December. buff.ly/4gSAzvO.
- History Day is back and celebrating its 10th year! Join us on 5 Nov 11:00 - 16:00 at Senate House to explore the library, museum, archive and special collections from around the UK. Sign up for #HistDay24 is now open … see you there! Discover more at: buff.ly/3zyvHLE
- Thank you to @vchlondon.bsky.social for our gifted copy of the latest #BigRedBook, Oxfordshire vol. 21, covering the town of Chipping Norton and its neighbourhood. It is now on the open shelves ready to be used: t.co/44OOhxjUy0
- Any readers who want to do a spot of research either in the evening or on Saturday can now do so once again. From the 23rd September we are resuming our regular opening times (Mon-Fri 9am-8.30pm; common room closing at 8pm & Saturday from 9.30am-5.15 pm) buff.ly/3CTyEo9
- New #books to see on the 1st and 2nd floors. Our recent additions include works on eighteenth-century graffiti and decolonising museums, travel diaries from Mexico and Congo and the writings of William Morris (1834-96)
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryExciting day at @vchlondon.bsky.social central office as we prepare to send ALL #VCH #BigRedBook Volume 1s to be photographed as part of our VCH digitisation project. We’re really looking forward to all their content being freely and easily available on @bho.bsky.social. 🗃️
- Reflecting the global, local, topical and chronological reach of our collections, our guides are arranged by place, subject, period and format, giving an overview of the resources in the library, as well as links to other useful libraries and archives - www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
- Today is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Readers can find resources within many of our collections about the slave trades from the medieval period to the modern day, especially the Atlantic Slave Trade - www.history.ac.uk/library/coll...
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryAs of 21 August 2024, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is a fully open-access journal! #skystorians will be able to reach a much wider audience and there are no charges to individual authors for publishing OA. Come and publish with the RHS!
- The Institute and IHR Library will be closed between Saturday 24th-Monday 26th for the August bank holiday, re-opening again on Tuesday 27th at 9 am. We hope everyone has a nice time and enjoys the glorious summer weather. buff.ly/3CTyEo9
- Since JISC Historic Texts is now retired, links to EEBO and ECCO can be found on our online resources page - www.history.ac.uk/library-digi.... (n.b. all resources can be accessed in the library but offsite access is mostly limited to SAS students, fellows and staff due to licencing restrictions)
- Another influx of new titles ranging from oral histories of UK rural working class communities, 17th century Spanish witchcraft records and documents of medieval Jewish life. Browse the new books shelves on the 1st and 2nd floor or search to catalogue catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/search~S10/
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryThere'll be a warm #welcome for everyone at this event. If it's your first time visiting @ihr.bsky.social - and especially if you have lived experience as a #refugee yourself - please feel free to get in touch ahead of the event to ask questions or arrange a friendly chat. My DMs are open.
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryThe London Metropolitan Archives has rebranded as the London Archives (and now has a proper domain name): www.thelondonarchives.org #Archives
- Today marks International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Readers can find an array of published primary sources, essays and works on methodology and historiography across many of our collections. To find out more you can consult the catalogue buff.ly/3TCliEk #IDWIP2024 #IndigenousDay
- Save the date for #HistDay24 on 5 November, a chance to explore history collections of all kinds. www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryPlans are coming along really nicely for our @ihr.bsky.social interdisciplinary #place based histories workshop for ECRs in collaboration with History Lab Plus - it’s free & there are travel bursaries available - find out more & book here www.history.ac.uk/events/place...
- Reposted by Institute of Historical Research Wohl LibraryWe’re delighted that in collaboration with the @ihr.bsky.social & @vchlondon.bsky.social we’ll be running this event exploring how #local & #place-based research could more effectively engage with #BlackBritishHistory - all welcome to join us online - www.history.ac.uk/events/local...
