New to Teaching History 2022: An Interactive Workshop, Part 2 – ‘The History Lecture’

by royalhistsoc | 21 Sep 2022 | New to Teaching, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

In September 2022 the Royal Historical Society, in partnership with History UK, organised an interactive workshop hosted by Professor Jamie Wood (Lincoln). This workshop aimed to open discussions on the challenges and opportunities of teaching History at UK...

‘Aristocracy, Democracy, and Dictatorship’: Latest RHS Camden Volume

by royalhistsoc | 20 Sep 2022 | Camden Series, RHS Publications

  Twenty years after first using the political papers of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, seventh Marquess of Londonderry, Neil Fleming has recently published his scholarly edition of Londonderry’s political papers — Aristocracy, Democracy and Dictatorship...

New to Teaching History 2022: An Interactive Workshop, Part 1 – ‘Decoding the Discipline’

by royalhistsoc | 20 Sep 2022 | New to Teaching, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

In September 2022 the Royal Historical Society, in partnership with History UK, organised an interactive workshop hosted by Professor Jamie Wood (Lincoln). This workshop aimed to open discussions on the challenges and opportunities of teaching History at UK...

Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century: Courting the Public

by royalhistsoc | 13 Sep 2022 | General, Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

  To coincide with publication of his new monograph — The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668-1813. Courting the Public — Dr Leo Shipp charts the rise and role of the laureateship from John Dryden to the appointment of Robert Southey....

Providing for the Poor: micro-histories of poverty

by royalhistsoc | 06 Sep 2022 | General, Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    Dr Louise Falcini and Dr Peter Collinge introduce their new essay collection ‘Providing for the Poor: The Old Poor Law, 1750-1834’, the research for which is supported by the AHRC-funded project ‘Small Bills and Petty Finance:...