Preparing for REF 2029

by royalhistsoc | 12 Dec 2023 | Advocacy and Policy, General

  Historians working in UK Higher Education will be very familiar with the ‘REF’ or Research Excellence Framework. REF is the means by which research, and the environment in which research takes place, is assessed across the higher education sector at seven-year...

WEB ACCESS TO BRITISH LIBRARY DATABASES: WORKAROUNDS for historians

by royalhistsoc | 29 Nov 2023 | General

  On 28 October 2023, the British Library was subject to a major cyberattack, entailing a near complete shutdown of the Library’s web-based services. Staff at the British Library are continuing to work extremely hard to restore services that are vital for...

Beyond the ‘good’/’bad’ migrant dichotomy: ways forward for early modern and contemporary history

by royalhistsoc | 19 Nov 2023 | General, Guest Posts

  RHS Workshop Grants support meetings of historians to undertake a wide range of projects, from research, to debate, programme planning and networking. The first round of RHS Workshops took place in 2023. They include a day event recently hosted by the Early...

Waiting to die? Old age in the late Imperial Russian village

by royalhistsoc | 28 Sep 2023 | General, Guest Posts, RHS Publications, Transactions

  What was daily life like for old people in Russian villages at the turn of the twentieth century? In this post, Sarah Badcock (University of Nottingham) considers the lives of non-able elderly people in late Imperial Russia; drawing on accounts of real lives...

STATUES, SURREALISM AND PUBLIC SPACE

by royalhistsoc | 29 Aug 2023 | General, RHS Publications, Transactions

  The purpose of statues in public spaces has recently become a matter of controversy. In this post, Pippa Catterall considers how and when a statue may be read as appropriately situated in public space, and when and how it is not. This ‘rightmindedness of...