The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) is the UK’s national centre for history. Founded in 1921, the Institute facilitates and promotes innovative research via its primary collections library, and its programme of training, publishing, conferences, seminars and fellowships. The IHR is one of the nine humanities research institutes of the School of Advanced Study at the University of London.

‘IHR Shorts’ is a new Open Access publishing series from the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London. Insightful and concise, IHR Shorts offer incisive commentaries on contemporary historical debates. Titles typically range from 15,000 to 50,000 words with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches to the past.

1. Dethroning historical reputations: universities, museums and the commemoration of benefactors
edited by Jill Pellew and Lawrence Goldman (2018)

2. Magna Carta: history, context and influence
edited by Lawrence Goldman (2018)

3. Suffrage and citizenship in Ireland, 1912–18 (The Kehoe Lecture in Irish History 2018)
Senia Pašeta (2019)

4. European religious cultures: essays offered to Christopher Brooke on the occasion of his eightieth birthday
edited by Miri Rubin (2020)