The Radcliffe Camera and Gladstone Link will close at 5pm on Friday 28th June 2024. University Estates need to conduct essential commissioning procedures related to the new heating system, which replaces the existing infrastructure. We are regretfully unable to offer any access to collections or a staff mediated fetching service after 5pm. We apologise for any inconvenience these improvement works may cause ..read more

Happy Pride Month from the HFL! To celebrate, we put together a display of physical and e-books showcasing the history and experiences of the LGBTQ+ community around the world from Roman London to modern Jamaica. Be sure to take a look at the display when you’re in the Camera, or check out some of our e-books and e-journals below. Oxford University members can access all e-books remotely by signing into SOLO with their ‘Single Sign On.’ Click on the book covers below to view the SOLO records for some of the featured texts.                     ..read more

As we draw to the end of Trinity term, the History Faculty Library has moved into its Long Vacation loan period. From today, Monday 10th June (8th week), all books issued from the library won’t need to be returned until Tuesday 15th October (1st week, Michaelmas). This also applies to any online renewals of current loans that take place from Monday 10th onwards. However, if there is a hold request on a book you have, it will need to be brought back by the original due date. As always, you can check due dates and renew books through your SOLO account. And if you have any questions please c ..read more

Mental Health Awareness Week is an annual campaign aiming to combat stigma and promote understanding of mental health running from 13th to 19th May. At the History Faculty Library, we have put together a display on the history of mental health, featuring books that shed light on the struggles individuals have faced with their mental and behavioural health and the evolution of attitudes towards mental illness throughout history. It also includes works on the history of emotions, exploring how humans have expressed and understood their complex feelings over time. As well as physical books, we ..read more

Image by Pexels from Pixabay Throughout Trinity term, the library is offering a range of classes and talks (History Faculty Canvas – restricted access) designed to support Oxford second-year UG historians who are working towards their thesis. It’s a very exciting time for all budding historians, as it offers you the opportunity to engage in primary research on a subject of your own devising, and to work out arguments which are entirely your own (not a synthesis of the conclusions of others). You will work as a historical scholar in your own right and will taste the kind of academic work unde ..read more

We are now trialling Subculture Archives and welcome feedback from students and researchers. This resource is useful for the study of social and cultural history, visual culture, and more generally, the lived experience of the British youth as they grew up in the 20th century. Important: Click on ‘Log in via your University or Institution’. Select ‘University of Oxford’ and enter your SSO. Subculture Archives provides online access to a multimedia archive of primary sources which documents 100 years of youth culture through the scenes, styles, sounds and signifiers of different youth movemen ..read more

We are delighted to run the History Thesis Fair for second-year undergraduates this year on THURS 25 APRIL 2024 2-4pm, Exam Schools. Come and meet over 50 specialists to talk about resources for your dissertation topic!  The Fair is an excellent opportunity for students to gain a wider perspective on the wealth and riches of research sources available for your field of study. At the Fair you can learn about resources you may not yet have yet considered and meet the curators of collections who can guide you towards relevant material or useful finding tools. 30 stalls will cover many ar ..read more

Earth Month takes place during April every year, with Earth Day falling on 22 April. First held in 1970, EARTHDAY.ORG’s annual campaign aims to “diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide”, and focuses this year on Planet vs. Plastics. Since the 1960s and 70s, more and more historians have been asking how previous generations used and inhabited their own environments, how the environment has shaped human history, and how people in the past dealt with ecological crises such as those we are facing today. At the History Faculty Library, we have put up a display of books ..read more

Just a reminder that the Radcliffe Camera will be closing for Easter today at 9pm, Thursday 28th March and will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 2nd April. We wish you all a very happy Easter weekend ..read more

Calling Oxford University students: fancy getting paid business experience with a global publisher? Gale is an international publisher of digital archives and other library resources such as eBooks. Gale’s primary sources include full archives of newspapers like The Times, The Telegraph, the Daily Mail and The Economist, as well as period and topical archives like Eighteenth Century Collections Online and Archives of Sexuality and Gender. Gale are recruiting students to undertake awareness-building activities, so more students find out about, understand and use these fascinating archives! Stud ..read more