How to Read Foreign-language Sources in 80 Days: Helping History Students Get the Most out of Translation Software

by rhsadministration | 20 Jul 2026 | Guest Posts, Teaching Fellowships

    In this post Dr Jasper Heinzen reflects on the design and implementation of his recent project, ‘How to Read Foreign-language Sources in 80 Days: Helping Students Get the Most out of Translation Software’. This project, run at the University...

Unsettling Shared Identity: Positionality and the Oral History Interview

by rhsadministration | 13 Jul 2026 | General, RHS Publications, Transactions

    In this post, Dr Nilakshi Das introduces her new article, ‘Positionality in Oral History Research: Proximities and Paradoxes of an “Insider” Status’, recently published in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Drawing on thirteen...

History and its historians in the National Student Survey, 2026

by rhsadministration | 09 Jul 2026 | Advocacy and Policy, General

    This week sees publication of the National Student Survey for 2026, by the Office for Students. This year’s survey asked final-year undergraduates (2025), finishing their studies in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, to complete the annual...

Dwarfism, Institutionalisation and Marginalisation at the Court in Early Bourbon France

by rhsadministration | 02 Jul 2026 | General, Transactions

    In this post, Marc Jaffré introduces his new article — ‘Dwarfism, Institutionalisation and Marginalisation at the Court in Early Bourbon France, 1589–1715’ — published in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Marc’s article is a study of people...

Elections to the Society’s Council, 2026: the role and activities of the Society’s Councillors

by rhsadministration | 25 Jun 2026 | Advocacy and Policy, General

    Each year the Royal Historical Society holds elections to appoint new members to its Council. The Council is the Society’s governing body, with responsibility for the objectives and work of the RHS. The election round for 2026 is now open, with an...