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- civil honours, of historians, 5, 21, 24–5, 163–5, 178, 237n18
- civil servant, 18, 162, 204
- Christianity, 15, 18–19, 49, 50, 80, 94, 184, 190, 229
- colonialism, 15, 20, 45, 167, 176–86
- decolonization, 176, 181, 183, 192
- Communism, 26, 158, 160, 164, 186, 209–10, 214, 245
- anticommunism, 26, 160, 203
- convenors, of seminars,
- Assael, Brenda, 212
- Bauer, Stefan, 44
- Beer, Esmond de, 93, 137
- Bellot, Hugh, 118, 121, 128n5–6, 136, 33n10
- Bindoff, Stanley, 101, 109n3, 138, 140, 150n14, 161
- Bivar, Venus, 167
- Boyd, Kelly, 6, 203, 209, 212, 217n15, 223–42
- Broch, Ludivine, 167
- Brown, Alison, 45, 49, 52, 59n4, n12
- Burns, Arthur, 124, 193n*
- Bynoth, Rachel, 6, 243–65
- Carrol, Alison, 167
- Carus-Wilson, Eleanora, 64
- Champion, Justin, 36n67, 73, 94, 101, 104, 109n11
- Christie, Ian, 118, 121–3, 245
- Clarke, Georgia, 49
- Claydon, Tony, 212
- Cobban, Alfred, 158–64
- Colley, Linda, 191
- Connolly, James, 167
- Cook, Hera, 212, 230
- Corfield, Penelope, 2, 6, 65–6, 75, 115–33, 212, 227, 230, 237n18, 238n20, n23
- Cozens, Joe, 124
- D’Amico, Geraldine, 165, 167, 171n34
- Davin, Anna, 205, 209, 225, 230, 236n1
- Davis, Eliza, 21–2, 35n37
- Dean, Trevor, 4, 43–61
- Delap, Lucy, 230, 238n26
- Dickens, Arthur, 34n29, 98, 109n3, 110n17. See also IHR, director
- Dinwiddy, John, 123–4, 129n25, 245
- Dodwell, Henry, 21
- Drayton, Richard, 80, 84n50, 85n57, 188, 191, 193n2
- Duke, Alastair, 146–7, 151n17, 152n53
- Earle, Peter, 65–7, 82n15
- Epstein, Stefan (‘Larry’), 49, 66, 77
- Erickson, Amy, 33n6, 230, 238n27
- Esser, Raingard, 147
- Evans, Tanya, 212–13
- Faucher, Charlotte, 167, 169n2
- Ferente, Serena, 44, 49, 56
- Finn, Margot, 124, 239n30
- Fisher, Jack, 63–6, 68, 74–5, 185
- Fletcher, Tim, 212
- Gerson, Renée, 146–7
- Geyl, Pieter, 135–9, 141, 143, 145
- Gibbs, Graham, 144, 147
- Gilbert, Lesley, 147
- Goldgar, Anne 128n4, 147
- Goodrich, Amanda, 124
- Gowing, Laura, 230, 238n27
- Graham, Gerald (Gerry), 180–88
- Gray, Louise, 212
- Green, Toby, 192
- Greig, Hannah, 212, 213–14
- Gretton, Tom, 165
- Hall, Catherine, 190, 228–9, 234, 239n31
- Hamilton, Marybeth, 210, 217n21, 230, 238n26
- Harcourt, Freda, 188–9
- Harding, Vanessa, 65–6, 73, 77, 83n35
- Harlow, Vincent, 178–81
- Harris, Alana, 230, 238n24
- Harte, Negley, 65–6, 74
- Harvey, Karen, 117, 128n3, 212
- Hatton, Ragnhild, 140, 142–4, 151n26–8
- Henderson, Tony, 212, 218n30
- Hitchcock, Tim, 6, 124, 129n9, 208, 212, 214, 216n12–13, 243–65
- Hobsbawm, Eric, 26–7, 36n53–6, 209, 217n18
- Holloway, Sally, 124
- Hoppit, Julian, 66, 69, 71, 83n25, n32, 124
- Hurstfield, Joel, 92, 109n3
- Irigoin, Alejandra, 66, 72, 80
- Israel, Jonathan, 146–8
- Jackson, Julian, 167
- James, Leslie, 191
- Jennings, Jeremy, 167
- Johnson, Douglas, 163–4, 166
- Johnstone, Hilda, 21, 35n37
- Jones, Colin, 167
- Kaplan, Benjamin, 147, 152n48
- Keen, Catherine, 44
- Kelly, Debra, 167
- Killingray, David, 188–9
- Knowles, Lilian, 13, 21
- Kossmann, Ernst, 143–6, 150n15
- Langhamer, Claire, 6, 230, 238n27, 243–65. See also IHR, director
- Lantschner, Patrick, 44
- Latham, Robert, 93, 96, 97–8, 104, 109n8, 185
- Latham, Simon, 191
- Lee, Daniel, 167
- Leuchter, Tyson, 167
- Lloyd, Sarah, 124
- Lockyer, Roger, 93–4, 97, 104, 109n9
- Lowe, Kate, 4, 43–61
- Mangion, Carmen, 230, 238n27
- Marshall, Peter James, 187–90, 192
- Martin, Eveline, 176–7, 179–80
- McClive, Cathy, 212
- McGregor, Oliver, 26
- McWilliam, Rohan, 201–21, 228
- Meldrum, Tim, 212
- Metcalf, George, 180, 188
- Mettam, Roger, 3, 162, 165–6, 205, 212
- Midgley, Clare, 204–5, 208, 216n5, n7, 230, 238n24
- Miller, John, 94–6, 101, 104, 109n10
- Moore, Stuart, 147
- Motadel, David, 191
- Murphy, Anne, 72
- Murphy, Philip, 259
- Namier, Lewis, 24, 26–7, 36n52, 121–2, 125, 128n11, n14–15, 129n18, 141–2
- Neale, John, 19, 23–5, 28, 92
- Nelson, Janet (Jinty), 166, 205, 227, 230, 237n18
- Newton, Arthur, 137, 176–8, 182, 184, 194n16
- Nicholls, Julia, 167
- Nix, Jonathan, 212
- Oliver, Roland, 185–6, 195n64–5, 196n67–8
- Ormrod, David, 6, 63–90
- Parsloe, Guy, 9n2, 121, 128n7–8
- Peacey, Jason, 6, 91–113
- Penson, Lillian, 5, 21, 177, 184, 193n12
- Pilbeam, Pamela, 6, 157–74
- Ploszajska, Theresa, 212
- Pollard, Albert, 8, 9n6, 14–15, 19–20, 22, 33n11, 34n13, n27, 63, 92, 136, 149, 150n9 177, 269. See also IHR, director
- Pollmann, Judith, 147
- Porter, Andrew, 188–9
- Powell, I. G., 93
- Power, Eileen, 13, 23, 28, 33n8, 35n46, 63–4, 81
- Priest, Robert, 167
- Prochaska, Alice, 6, 122, 129n19–20, 203, 228, 243–65
- Quinault, Roland, 204
- Ranke, Leopold von, 12
- Rebecchini, Guido, 44
- Reese, Trevor, 188
- Renier, Gustaaf, 137, 139–44
- Robbins, Caroline, 22, 35n43
- Robert, Krisztina, 230, 238n27
- Roseveare, Henry, 93–5, 104
- Roy, Ian, 93–7, 99, 101, 104, 107
- Rubinstein, Nicolai, 6, 43–61
- Ruddock, Alwyn, 64
- Russell, Conrad, 27–8, 36n57–8, n62, 92, 96
- Ryan, Deborah, 212
- Ryan, James, 212–13
- Schwartz, Laura, 230, 238n27
- Shore, Heather, 212
- Smith, Andrew, 167
- Smith, Ellen, 6, 243–65
- Sood, Gavin, 191
- Spang, Rebecca, 165, 167
- Stephenson, Judy, 66, 74
- Stockwell, Sarah, 6, 175–200
- Sturgis, Jim, 188–9
- Sutcliffe, Adam, 212
- Sutherland, Nicola, 162, 165, 171n32
- Swart, Koen, 145–7, 149
- Sykes, Norman, 93, 109n6
- Tawney, Richard, 63–4, 67–8, 75, 81, 82n1, n16, 84n55, 157
- Thane, Pat, 204, 207–8, 237n18
- Thomlinson, Natalie, 6, 267–70
- Thompson, Michael, 19, 34n29, 150n5, 203–5, 213, 228, 246, 267. See also IHR, director
- Thomson, Mark, 118, 121, 128n9
- Tiedau, Ulrich, 6, 135–56, 168
- Tout, Thomas, 13–14, 21, 33n9
- Toynbee, Arnold, 20–21, 139, 141, 151n18
- Tunçer, Coşkun, 66, 72
- Usborne, Cornelie, 227, 230, 237n14
- Vaucher, Paul, 157–8, 161, 169n4
- Vickery, Amanda, 205, 211, 216n7, 228–9, 234, 238n20, 239n31
- Wagner, Kim, 191
- Wallis, Patrick, 66, 74, 77
- Warde, Paul, 66, 69–70, 77, 83n27
- Williams, Glyndwr, 180–81, 188–9, 192, 194n26, n29
- Williamson, Gillian, 124
- Wilson, Jon, 191
- Wright, Alison, 49, 53, 57
- Zahedieh, Nuala, 66, 71–2, 83n30–31
- Zeitlin, Jonathan, 204
- Coronavirus (COVID-19), 2, 105, 135, 147, 167, 239n30, 247–9, 255–7, 261, 264, 268–9
D
- death, of historians, 2–3, 52, 54, 59n15, 63, 109n8–9, n11, 110n14–15, n20, 124, 129n22, 145, 169n1, 193n*, 270
- dinner and drink, 7, 18, 22–3, 28, 57, 65, 81, 82n9, 96, 109n13, 116, 120, 146, 160, 165, 188–9, 204, 208, 226, 232–3, 239n29, 251, 256, 160, 189, 267–9. See also pubs and restaurants
- coffee and/or tea, 4, 74, 202, 208, 263. See also IHR common room
E
F
- Fabian Society, 26, 157–8, 229
- feminism, 6, 22, 28, 116–17, 211, 216n5, 223–7, 229, 234, 236n1–7, 237n7–12, 238n23–7
- antifeminism, 22, 229
- First World War, 135, 139, 157, 177
- friendship, amongst historians, 6, 28, 51–2, 54, 57, 100–101, 105, 107, 109n13, 118, 142, 148, 160–64, 188, 208, 227, 232, 244–6, 254, 255–6, 268, 270
G
H
- historiography
- cultural history, 7, 48, 50–51, 74–6, 79, 104, 124–6, 145, 148, 179, 201, 210–14, 261, 264
- digital history, 4, 76, 125, 129n29, 150n7, 148, 214, 216n12, 262
- gender history, 33n6–8, 35n35, 75, 104, 126, 148, 190, 206, 209–11, 214, 223–42, 256, 262
- Promoting Gender Equality in UK History (2018), 229
- global history, 6, 20, 71–2, 76–7, 80–81, 127, 140, 142–3, 176, 190–91, 245, 258–9
- history of sexuality, 51, 206, 210–11, 223, 233–4, 237n15, 238n24, n26, 256
- political history, 12–13, 19, 23–9, 32, 44–50, 63, 71, 93–4, 97–8, 104, 118, 121–4, 148, 158, 160–61, 168, 204, 209, 211–13, 223, 231, 234, 255–6, 261–2, 264
- public history, 9n5, 32, 35n35, 36n63, n67, 109n11, 166, 193n2, 213, 223, 251, 261
- religious history, 15, 18–19, 48–50, 94, 98, 145, 184, 190, 192, 229
- social and economic history, 6, 21, 27, 48–50, 63–90, 94, 104, 121, 124–6, 139, 145, 148, 157–8, 160, 163, 179, 191, 201, 209–14, 223–6, 228–9, 261. See also Communism
I
- Institut Français du Royaume-Uni (IFRU), Queensberry Pl., 157, 164–7
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 186, 188
- Institute of Historical Research (IHR)
- common room, 4–5, 187, 202, 204, 207–8, 226–8, 232–3, 244–6, 267
- director, 8, 19, 33n1, 34n29, 75–6, 84n45, 98, 142, 150n12, 203, 213, 228, 230, 238n27, 243–4, 246, 248–50, 257–9, 261–3, 265, 267
- librarian, 23, 118, 122, 138, 181, 203, 228, 243, 245, 247, 252
- receptionist, 247, 270
- secretary, 118, 122, 128n8, 203, 243, 245
- temporary building, Malet St, 16–17, 136
- witness seminars, 204–5, 216n4, 245, 259
- internationalism, 6–7, 15, 19–21, 23, 26, 57–8, 103, 107, 127, 140, 142–3, 145–6, 157, 165–7, 178–9, 181–2, 186, 216n7, 226, 234, 237n18, 245, 250–51, 255, 258, 263. See also universities
J
L
M
- marriage, of historians, 28, 44, 46, 49, 57, 123, 142–3, 160–61, 163, 169n6, 185, 188, 236n4, 245
- ‘Miss’, 22, 25, 93, 96–7
- ‘Mrs’, 97, 101, 224, 229
- same-sex marriage, 109n9
- memories, of historians, 1–3, 6–7, 23, 43, 47, 52–8, 77, 92, 101, 117, 126, 141, 144 161, 166, 184, 186, 189, 193n*, 201, 214, 236n*, 245, 257
N
P
- parenting, by historians, 191, 208, 230–31, 233–4, 238n25, 239n30
- politicians, 15, 24, 97, 122, 144, 163, 201–2, 204–5, 212, 214, 216n4, 223, 228, 245–6, 259
- politics, of historians, 11–12, 19, 22–31, 97, 121, 125, 139, 144, 158, 160, 163–6, 169n9, 186, 201–6, 212–13, 216n1, 223, 227–8, 267. See also Communism and feminism
- postgraduate, 3–4, 6, 13–15, 18–23, 26–30, 44–8, 53–5, 64–5, 91, 93–4, 96–103, 106–7, 116–20, 122–4, 136–7, 139–40, 143–5, 158, 160–63, 176–80, 182, 184, 187, 189, 201–18, 226, 228, 230–31, 243–4, 246, 248–9, 251–3, 256–8, 260–61, 263–5, 267–8
- professoriate, 12–15, 20–21, 23–8, 45–6, 48, 51, 53, 93, 97, 99, 116–17, 122–3, 135–8, 141–3, 147–8, 157–9, 161–3, 165–6, 175, 178–9, 180, 183, 188–9, 210, 212–13, 225–6, 230, 237n14, n18, 238n20, n24, n26–7, 234, 251
- pubs and restaurants
- Dee’s, off Boswell St, 208
- Garibaldi’s, off Farringdon Rd, 26
- [Giardinetto?], Charlotte St, 96
- Kwai’s, Tottenham Court Rd, 159
- Museum Tavern, Great Russell St, 57
- Neel Kamal, Charlotte St, 82n9
- Olivelli’s, Store St, 188
- Pizza Express, Wardour St, 57
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Malet St, 57
- Schmidt’s, Charlotte St, 159, 170n17
- Skinners’ Arms, Judd St, 96, 109n3
- Spaghetti House, Goodge St, 159
- Students’ Union Bar, Birkbeck, 188
- Students’ Union Bar, SOAS, 208
- The Jack Horner [aka the Fuller’s pub], Tottenham Court Rd, 96
- The Life Goddess, Store St, 57
- Trattoria Mondello, Goodge St, 96
- University Tavern [now the College Arms], Store St, 57, 65
- Public Record Office (PRO), Chancery Lane, 99, 181, 245
- public service, by historians, 7, 11–12, 15, 20, 45, 118, 127, 141, 145, 157, 178, 180, 202. See also learned societies and employment
R
- religion, of historians. See Christianity and/or Judaism
S
- Second World War, 26, 45, 93, 118, 139, 141–3, 175, 178, 213, 233–4
- Nazi concentration camps, 136, 143, 234
- Nuremberg Trials, 145
- seminar
- conventions, 31, 47, 50, 53, 56, 116, 119–20, 180, 226, 232, 252, 165
- convenors. See convenors, of seminars
- culture, beyond the IHR, 12–15, 18, 21–2, 24, 26, 28, 44, 53, 54, 118, 122, 138–9, 178–9, 181, 189, 225, 238n28, 245, 251
- experiences, 28, 56, 95–6, 102, 116, 122, 140, 146, 180–81, 187, 243–65
- online. See webinar
- papers, 4, 22, 29, 31, 43, 45–51, 54–7, 66, 68–75, 77–8, 80, 92, 94, 96, 101–7 115–17, 119–20, 122–3, 126–7, 140, 147–8, 159, 164–8, 181, 184, 190–91, 193n*, 202, 205–6, 208–10, 212–15, 226–34, 244–9, 251, 253–6, 260–63, 265, 268–9
- questions, 4, 22, 31, 50, 53–4, 102, 115–17, 119–20, 140, 181, 190, 203, 232, 237n13, 246–7, 253–4, 260–61, 265
- rooms, 16–17, 23, 25, 31, 56, 136–7, 150n7, 159, 164, 180, 202, 205, 210, 230, 245, 247
- Senate House, University of London, Malet St, 24, 203, 229, 248
- sociability, of historians. See dinner anddrink, friendship, pubs and restaurants
- smoking, 7, 26–7, 119, 140, 180, 226
- social media, 119, 169n8, 232, 235, 248, 257
T
U
- undergraduate, 3, 12–14, 23, 26, 29–31, 64, 76, 98–9, 137, 143, 158–9, 162, 170n17, 225–6, 231, 252, 267
- third-year special subject, 12–13, 30, 64, 159, 162
- universities, other than London
- Adelaide, Australia, 160
- British Columbia, Canada, 161
- Bureau of Empire, 178
- Cambridge, UK, 12–13, 21, 26, 28–9, 44, 46, 48, 54, 66, 68–9, 72–3, 93–4, 98, 102–3, 122, 146, 148, 158, 160, 162, 175–6, 180, 182, 187, 189, 191, 210, 230
- California, USA, 46, 93, 99, 189, 251
- Cardiff, UK 98, 244
- Calcutta, India, 178
- Chicago, USA, 158
- Concordia, Canada, 160
- Dalhousie, Canada, 182
- East Anglia, UK 66, 243
- Edinburgh, UK 66, 137
- Friedrich-Wilhelms / Humboldt, Germany, 53
- Ghana, Ghana, 183
- Glasgow, UK, 244
- Harvard, USA, 13, 99, 147, 163, 180, 183, 208
- Hertfordshire, UK, 66, 124, 210, 213
- Ibadan, Nigeria, 177, 182–4
- Ife [Obafemi Awolowo], Nigeria, 183
- Khartoum, Sudan, 183
- Königsberg [defunct], formerly Germany, 12
- La Trobe, Australia, 46, 100
- Lausanne, Switzerland, 121
- Leicester, UK, 68, 243
- Leiden, Netherlands, 143
- Manchester, UK, 12, 21, 24, 30, 98–9, 118
- Massey, New Zealand, 107
- Makerere, Uganda, 183, 185
- Melbourne, Australia, 99, 100
- New Brunswick, Canada, 182
- Oxford, UK, 12–14, 21–4, 27, 29, 44–6, 48, 54, 66, 68, 93–4, 98, 102, 122, 137, 144, 146–8, 159–60, 163, 175, 177–9, 181–2, 184, 189, 191, 208, 228, 243–5, 251
- Paris, France, 27, 163, 166–7
- Princeton, USA, 46, 100, 147
- Punjab, India, 178
- Queen’s, Belfast, UK, 158
- Queen’s, Ontario, Canada, 180
- Rochester, USA, 178
- Rutgers, USA, 208–9, 226
- Sheffield, UK, 102, 129n29, 216n12, 247
- Sheffield Hallem, UK, 216n7, 230, 238
- Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 21
- Southampton, UK, 99, 144, 147, 178
- Sussex, UK, 124, 129n29, 164, 202, 209, 213, 243, 249
- Sydney, Australia, 269
- Toronto, Canada, 93, 103, 162
- Yale, USA, 98–100, 129n24
- York, Toronto, Canada, 107, 162