The Institute of Historical Research is offering an opportunity for a creative practitioner to join us for up to three months as a School of Advanced Study (SAS) Practitioner in Residence. A bursary of £1,000 per month (maximum £3,000) is payable during the period of residency, which must end by 31 July 2026.
We are keen to support a practitioner with interests in creative writing, particularly poetry. We want to encourage boundary-crossing work that engages with the past to do history differently. As an Institute we are committed to collaborating across the capacious public history community, and to making visible the circular and mutually reinforcing relationship between different types of history-making, skills and training. For more on our ambitions see our 2025-30 Strategy.
The practitioner will have full access to the Institute’s and School of Advanced Study’s research culture and infrastructure. This includes the IHR’s Wohl Library, the other SAS Institute Libraries and Senate House Library, very many history seminars, workshops, research training sessions and conferences, and a range of on-going research projects. They will receive support from the Institute’s staff. It is expected that the practitioner will be based in the UK and the residency may be taken up remotely or in person, with shared office space available in the IHR.
The practitioner will be supported to develop their own practice, explore connections with historians, and share their work with different audiences. The School of Advanced Study will be appointing Practitioners in Residence across all Institutes and Hubs, building a cross-SAS community of practitioners, who will interact and provide peer to peer mentoring amongst the cohort. It is anticipated that the practitioner will participate in and contribute to the academic life of the Institute and the School, with the residency culminating in an IHR event focused on their practice and the theme of collaboration across the diverse history community.
Applying
Applicants must submit via the IHR's online application system by the closing date of Friday 6 February 2026. The application process includes the following tasks:
• Complete application form
• Submit a statement, including a description of the work you would bring to the Institute and School and outline of what you would hope to achieve. You should explain the specific ways in which the IHR residency will help the development of your work and how you will contribute to the intellectual life of the Institute during the residency (maximum: 1,000 words);
• Submit a short curriculum vitae (not more than 4 pages);
A reference will need to be provided for the successful applicant.
For informal preliminary discussions please email the Institute’s Director, Professor Claire Langhamer (claire.langhamer@sas.ac.uk)
IHR: Creative Practitioner in Residence 2026
The Institute of Historical Research is offering an opportunity for a creative practitioner to join us for up to three months as a School of Advanced Study (SAS) Practitioner in Residence. A bursary of £1,000 per month (maximum £3,000) is payable during the period of residency, which must end by 31 July 2026.
We are keen to support a practitioner with interests in creative writing, particularly poetry. We want to encourage boundary-crossing work that engages with the past to do history differently. As an Institute we are committed to collaborating across the capacious public history community, and to making visible the circular and mutually reinforcing relationship between different types of history-making, skills and training. For more on our ambitions see our 2025-30 Strategy.
The practitioner will have full access to the Institute’s and School of Advanced Study’s research culture and infrastructure. This includes the IHR’s Wohl Library, the other SAS Institute Libraries and Senate House Library, very many history seminars, workshops, research training sessions and conferences, and a range of on-going research projects. They will receive support from the Institute’s staff. It is expected that the practitioner will be based in the UK and the residency may be taken up remotely or in person, with shared office space available in the IHR.
The practitioner will be supported to develop their own practice, explore connections with historians, and share their work with different audiences. The School of Advanced Study will be appointing Practitioners in Residence across all Institutes and Hubs, building a cross-SAS community of practitioners, who will interact and provide peer to peer mentoring amongst the cohort. It is anticipated that the practitioner will participate in and contribute to the academic life of the Institute and the School, with the residency culminating in an IHR event focused on their practice and the theme of collaboration across the diverse history community.
Applying
Applicants must submit via the IHR's online application system by the closing date of Friday 6 February 2026. The application process includes the following tasks:
• Complete application form
• Submit a statement, including a description of the work you would bring to the Institute and School and outline of what you would hope to achieve. You should explain the specific ways in which the IHR residency will help the development of your work and how you will contribute to the intellectual life of the Institute during the residency (maximum: 1,000 words);
• Submit a short curriculum vitae (not more than 4 pages);
A reference will need to be provided for the successful applicant.
For informal preliminary discussions please email the Institute’s Director, Professor Claire Langhamer (claire.langhamer@sas.ac.uk)