British International History Group


KCL BIHG

BIHG Annual Conference 2025
3-5 September 2025
University of East Anglia

 

Wednesday 3 September
Registration from 12:30pm, first panels at 2pm. In the evening Professor Thomas Otte will deliver the keynote lecture 'How Wars End', this will be followed by a wine reception and the conference dinner (you can pay for these in the shop if you are not paying for the full conference package). 

Thursday 4 September
Panels starting at 10am, the day will end with a plenary session.  A buffet dinner will follow.  

Friday 5 September
Sessions will start at 10am, finishing early in the afternoon to allow for travel time home. 

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Welcome to the British International History Group

The British International History Group (BIHG) was established in 1987. It aims to consider and promote established and new approaches to the study of international affairs as a discipline of history.

The primary focus of the BIHG is its annual conference, of which it has held over 30, mainly at UK universities. These gatherings foster the scholarship of postgraduates and early career researchers alongside the work of senior academics. With over 700 members from Asia, Europe and North America, the BIHG has global reach.

The BIHG is governed by an elected committee of historians at varied career stages and co-opted members from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the UK National Archives. It sponsors an annual thesis prize named in honour of Professor Mike Dockrill and offers career and research support for PGRs and ECRs. At its annual conference, it holds roundtables which explore disciplinary and interdisciplinary innovations. The BIHG also invites leading scholars as keynote speakers to consider new approaches to the study of the past and the relevance of international history to contemporary global concerns.

News & Events

News, Announcements and Call for Papers. If you have any news and wish to publicize it please email or tweet us at @BIHG.

 
BIHG thesis prize 2024

The BIHG is very pleased to announce that the winner of the Michael Dockrill Memorial Thesis Prize for 2024 has been awarded to Dr Johanne Marie Skov (Lancaster University) for: How to Land an Aircraft Deal:  Western intra-Bloc Rivalry, Saudi Agency, and British Revival in the Cold War Middle East, 1979-1985. Dr Sjov was a student at the Lancaster University and her PhD research explored how Britain was able to compete with its Cold War allies, the United States and France, to win the Saudi Al Yamamah I arms deal of 1985, against all odds.

Obituary: Professor John Charmley (1955-2025).

Professor of International History.
By Gaynor Johnson

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Obituary: Michael Dockrill, 1936-2018

Professor of International History and Founder of BIHG.
By Keith Hamilton

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