Windrush 75: UK History-related events in June 2023

by royalhistsoc | 07 Jun 2023 | General, Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race Two

  22 June 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in Essex. The ship brought to Britain just over 800 passengers who had left the West Indies, the great majority of whom sought to settle and begin new lives in the...

RHS ALEXANDER PRIZE – THE 2023 SHORTLIST

by royalhistsoc | 01 Jun 2023 | General, RHS Prizes 2023

The Royal Historical Society’s Alexander Prize is awarded for a journal article or essay based on original historical research – written by a doctoral candidate or those recently awarded their doctorate – and published in a journal or an edited...

RHS Gladstone Book Prize – the 2023 Shortlist

by royalhistsoc | 31 May 2023 | General, RHS Prizes 2023

    The 2023 shortlist recognises the scholarly contribution and quality of six history monographs published in 2022.   The Virginia Venture: American Colonization and English Society, 1580-1660 by Misha Ewen (University of Pennsylvania Press) News from Moscow:...

RHS WHITFIELD BOOK PRIZE – THE 2023 SHORTLIST

by royalhistsoc | 30 May 2023 | General, RHS Prizes 2023

    The 2023 shortlist recognises the scholarly contribution and quality of six history monographs published in 2022.   Spiritual Wounds: Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil War by Síobhra Aiken (Irish Academic Press) The Enclosure of Knowledge: Books, Power...

Conversing with Historians about Mid-Career

by royalhistsoc | 19 May 2023 | General

  In February 2023, the Royal Historical Society launched its ‘Mid-Career Conversations for Historians’ series. This initial series includes five themed events, hosted by Professor Julian Wright, the Society’s Secretary for Professional...