University of London
School of Advanced Study
Institute of Historical Research

CMH
CENTRE FOR METROPOLITAN HISTORY

Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Tel: 020 7862 8790
Fax: 020 7862 8793
Email:ihrcmh@sas.ac.uk

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Established in 1988, in collaboration with the Museum of London and other organisations, the Centre for Metropolitan History fulfils a long-standing need in London. It promotes the study and wide appreciation of London's character and development from its beginnings to the present day, and is concerned to set the history of London in the wider context provided by knowledge of other metropolises.

Latest News

Title page to Greene's Tu quoque or The Cittie GallantConference

A one-day interdisciplinary conference, Beyond Shakespeare's Globe: People, Place and Plays in the Middlesex Suburbs, 1400-1700, to be held on Saturday 15 October 2005, is being organised by Dr Eva Griffith and the CMH in association with London Metropolitan Archives. It will focus broadly on the historical development of the Middlesex suburbs, and the history of drama and theatre there in the medieval and early modern periods.

The Provisional Programme and Booking Information is now available. Deadline for registrations: 7 October 2005.


logo for MA in Metropolitan and Regional HistoryNew MA

From October 2005 the Centre for Metropolitan History and the Victoria County History are offering an MA in Metropolitan and Regional History. With a particular focus on London and the south of England, this MA course looks at the development of cities and regions from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The course may be taken full-time over one academic year, or part-time over two years. Details are now available at: www.history.ac.uk/degrees/metma

 

Cover of 'St Paul's. The Cathedral Church of London 604-2004 Prize Winner!
We are delighted to report that St Paul's. The Cathedral Church of London 604-2004, edited by Derek Keene, Arthur Burns and Andrew Saint, (Yale University Press, 2004) has won the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2004. Details of this extremely handsome book are available on the CMH Publications page

 




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Associated Bodies:
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External links:

  • British Records Association
  • Museum of London
  • Corporation of London: leisure and heritage pages
  • Centre for Contemporary British History
  • Manchester Centre for Regional History (Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Sir John Soane's Museum: a concise catalogue of the collection of some 30,000 drawings built up by Sir John Soane
  • London Film Archive
  • Victoria County History
  • Proceedings of the Old Bailey London, 1674 to 1834
  • Gazetteer of Military Levies from the City of London, 1509-1603
  • Online Guide to the Papers of Charles Booth
  • NUME - New Electronic Museum of the city of Bologna: an interactive, virtual environment that allows travelling through time witnessing the evolution of the city of Bologna from 1000 to 2000 AD.
  • The European Urban History Group at the Technical University, Berlin
  • The AIM25 project (Archives in London and the M25 area)

    Last updated: 8 September, 2005

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