The point of origin of the ‘Irish historiographical revolution’ initiated by T. W. Moody and R. D. Edwards in the 1930s, which issued, among other things, in the foundation of Irish Historical Studies, is customarily located in their experiences together as research students in London University’s Institute of Historical Research. Hitherto, we have known little or nothing of those experiences beyond the recollections of the two principals themselves. This article uses the Institute’s own archive, and other contemporary documentary evidence, including surviving letters from Moody to Edwards, to elucidate the precise influence of the Institute and its staff in moulding their outlook. Rather than asserting some form of ideological indoctrination – for example in propagating an ethos of ‘value-free’ history writing – it argues that what was important was the example of the Institute’s institutional structures (including its Bulletin), which Moody and Edwards determined to replicate in Ireland; and that these structures, emphasising collaboration between historical researchers in pursuit of a common purpose, were themselves of the first importance in influencing the aspiration to create an Irish history free from confessional bias and overt expressions of political prejudice.

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“科学史”实验室：历史研究所的 TW Moody 和 RD Edwards

由 TW Moody 和 RD Edwards 在 1930 年代发起的“爱尔兰史学革命”的起源，除其他外，在爱尔兰历史研究的基础上发布，通常位于他们在伦敦大学作为研究生时的共同经历。历史研究所。迄今为止，除了两位校长自己的回忆之外，我们对这些经历知之甚少或一无所知。本文使用研究所自己的档案和其他当代文献证据，包括从穆迪到爱德华兹的幸存信件，来阐明研究所及其工作人员在塑造他们的观点方面的确切影响。它没有主张某种形式的意识形态灌输——例如在宣传“无价值”历史写作的精神——而是认为重要的是研究所的制度结构（包括其公报）的例子，穆迪和爱德华兹决定在爱尔兰复制；并且这些结构强调历史研究人员之间为追求共同目标而进行的合作，它们本身在影响创造一个没有忏悔偏见和政治偏见公开表达的爱尔兰历史的愿望方面发挥了首要作用。