Alongside trying to practically manage the relationship between history and the public good, we also want Historians in Residence to be a place which hosts honest and open discussion on how historical research benefits society. Find our HiR essays below:
From 2017
Tom Kelsey – The first year of HiR scheme
From 2016
Jenny Crane – Historians, Policy and Institutional Memory
William Thomas – The Relevance (and Irrelevance) of History to Policy
Helen McCarthy – Asking the Right Questions about Gender Equality: An Historian’s Perspective
From our launch
Abigail Woods – On how history can benefit policy
Jon Wilson – On what he sees the HiR scheme achieving