Royal Historical Society Early Career Article Prize, 2026 – Shortlisted Titles

by rhsadministration | 18 May 2026 | General

    The Royal Historical Society’s Early Career Article Prize 2026 recognises the scholarly contribution and quality of journal articles published in 2025. This year’s shortlist of eight articles is now available. It follows an open call for...

Royal Historical Society First Book Prize, 2026 – Shortlisted Titles

by rhsadministration | 18 May 2026 | General

    The Royal Historical Society’s First Book Prize 2026 recognises the scholarly contribution and quality of history monographs published in 2025. This year’s shortlist of eight titles is now available and follows an open call for early career...

‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives’: History and Archives in Practice, 2026

by rhsadministration | 23 Apr 2026 | General, Library and Archive

    On Thursday 16 April, the Royal Historical Society co-hosted the annual ‘History and Archives Practice’ (HAP) conference. This year’s conference took as its theme: ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical...

Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain

by rhsadministration | 16 Apr 2026 | Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives

    In this post, Rowan Thompson introduces his new book — Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire — which is published in April 2026 the Society’s ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series with...

When it comes to archival research, nationality and nation-state matter

by rhsadministration | 13 Mar 2026 | General, Guest Posts

    In this post, Jeremy Goh — a PhD student from the University of Warwick — comments on his recent experience of archival work in China. As Jeremy suggests, access to archives is highly variable, determined, in part, by available technologies but also —...