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H&P publishes high-quality historical research freely accessible online and creates opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.

Welcome to History & Policy

H&P publishes high-quality historical research freely accessible online and creates opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.

Welcome to History & Policy

H&P publishes high-quality historical research freely accessible online and creates opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.

Policy Papers


New Developments in “Old” Adoptions from Greece: When the Future Finally Catches up with the Past: To ανεπιθύμητο τάγμα is no more

Introduction: the context The Greek adoption flow with destination ‘rich America’ had been negotiated since 1948 and was well underway by 1950. The first half of the 1950s saw adoptions that addressed the needs of children, typically called ‘orphans’ or ‘war orphans’ (in the aftermath of World War II and the ensuing Greek Civil War of 1946-1949—a first and deadly proxy conflict of the global Cold War). Thus, the first wave of Greece’s history of ‘adopting out’ to the United States built on WWII relief efforts, post-war family migration or reunification, and the common goal to resettle stateless and ‘displaced…

The Price of Blood?  Historical Issues in Blood Donation

John Stewart argues that debates around blood supply to the NHS have been proxies for fundamental disagreements about the nature of British society, specifically whether it should operate on the basis of either altruism and solidarity or individualism and market forces.

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Opinion Articles


At a time of crisis for the profession, a unique collection of interviews demonstrates the importance of history.

At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK, the Institute of Historical Research has made available a unique archive of interviews with some of the profession’s leading post-war British scholars. Their reflections provide valuable evidence for importance of the discipline and the urgent need not only to defend it but to disseminate its values across society.

How We View Old Age in the Present through the Language of the Past

In stoking panic about an aging population, public figures such as Elon Musk are applying not just the concerns but the language of the past to an era in which they are increasingly obsolete. We need, argues Tom Heritage, a new language to take account of the current realities, one that breaks loose from the historical categorization of old age as a ‘social problem’.

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News


An important new collection of policy-relevant historical articles

Over the previous year, the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (Campop) has been publishing a series of blog articles to mark the 60th anniversary of its foundation in 1964. They illustrate the rich legacy of Campop’s work and the urgent relevance of history to the policy process.

Dame Judith Hackitt reflects on forthcoming H&P conference

Dame Judith Hackitt, who chaired the Health & Safety Executive from 2007 to 2016, reflects on the conference History and Policy’s Trades Union and Employment Forum will be hosting on 25 November on the history of health and safety at work.

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Industrial/Employment Tribunals – 60 years on

Oct 30
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