IHR launches National Centenary Events

The Institute of Historical Research (IHR), part of the University’s School of Advanced Study, is launching a programme of events in celebration of its 100th anniversary year.

From Dover to Glasgow, from film screenings and walking tours to art workshops and steel bands, the IHR National Centenary Events will celebrate history in its many forms, right across the UK. Organised by partners across the country, the events bring together universities, museums, archives, artists, musicians and volunteers to engage local and national communities with the discipline and practice of history. Events will run across the IHR Centenary year, from July 2021 until May 2022.

The Centenary celebrations were launched on 8 July with a day-long online global birthday event, marking 100 years exactly since the IHR first opened. You can watch recordings from the event online via the IHR website: history.ac.uk/whats/ihr-events-archive

Named ‘Our Century’, the Centenary will see the Institute promote the value and power of historical thinking, celebrate diverse histories from our previous century, and look ahead to history’s future in the coming century.

To find out more, visit history.ac.uk/our-century and for forthcoming events, please see: history.ac.uk/our-century/national-centenary-events