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New book on e-cigarettes from History & Policy co-founder, Virginia Berridge

July 2023

Professor Virginia Berridge who helped to found History & Policy is the co-author of a new book on e-cigarettes and the politics of harm reduction.

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Official History: Past, Present and Future

May 2023

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Historians, in partnership with History & Policy at the Institute of Historical Research, are planning to hold a series of seminars exploring the pastpresent and future of official history.

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Lessons from History

March 2023

A 6-month post-doctoral research fellowship now available with History & Policy.

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History & Policy author’s warning to the Treasury

February 2023

History & Policy author, Dr Charles Read, has been widely quoted in the press following the claim by Liz Truss that she was not warned about the dangers of her mini-budget.

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Professor Virginia Berridge appointed as a Deputy Chair of the London Drugs Commission

February 2023

Professor Virginia Berridge, one of the founders of History & Policy, and Professor of History and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, (LSHTM) has been appointed a Deputy Chair of the London Drugs Commission.(LDC)

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New History & Policy Case Studies on the FCDO and the Treasury

January 2023

History & Policy has just published two new case studies by Dr Christopher Knowles exploring the use and value of history within the Treasury and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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History & Policy Author Gives Evidence in Parliament

November 2022

Dr Niamh Gallagher has provided oral evidence to the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Northern Ireland Protocol. 

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After the Virus: Lessons from the Past for a Better Future

October 2021

A recording of the book launch After the Virus: Lessons from the Past for a Better Future by by Hilary Cooper and Simon Szreter now available.

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H&P historians: the Blitz spirit and coping with Covid

September 2020

The H&P roundtable organised by Dr Henry Irving (Leeds Beckett) to explore possible WW2 lessons for the Covid response appears in an On London analysis piece

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Historians call for a review of the Home Office Citizenship and Settlement Test

July 2020

H&P committee members are among the signatories to the letter which cites “demonstrably false” historical material in the handbook to the test

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