Claire Langhamer

As the national centre for history, the Institute of Historical Research’s mission is to: - champion the value and importance of history; - enable and nurture the current and next generation of historians, wherever they are to be found; - support the historical community through the care and development of our important library and archive collections, our publications and our digital resources; - facilitate and produce ambitious and innovative historical research; - connect, listen to and advocate for historians, mobilising our unique national intellectual and professional networks; - engage and include scholars and the public in historical research in all its diversity and richness.