Charting Time and Visualising Race in Europe’s Enlightenment

by royalhistsoc | 09 Feb 2022 | General, Writing Race Two

Welcome to the first in a new series of posts in the Royal Historical Society’s ‘Writing Race’ series. To begin Series Two, Professor Bruce Buchan considers the prominence of race in Enlightenment thought, with reference to the work of the Scottish...

Introducing ‘Writing Race’, Series Two

by royalhistsoc | 08 Feb 2022 | Writing Race Two

In this post Dr Diya Gupta introduces Series Two of ‘Writing Race’, the Society’s collection of essays on race and its relationship to history. ‘Writing Race’ began on the Society’s blog, Historical Transactions, in March 2021. As commissioning...

Cataloguing the Papers of George W. Prothero – A Personal Reflection

by royalhistsoc | 02 Feb 2022 | General

In January 2022 the Society published its new catalogue of the papers of George W. Prothero (1848-1922), historian, editor and President of the RHS between 1901 and 1905. The collection, the largest in the Society’s archive, runs to more than 1000 items. The...

New Catalogue for the Society’s George W. Prothero papers (1866-1922)

by royalhistsoc | 25 Jan 2022 | Library and Archive

  In January 2022 the Society published a new catalogue of its papers of George W. Prothero (1848-1922), historian, literary editor and President of the RHS between 1901 and 1905. The Prothero collection runs to more than 1000 items and is the largest named...

Creating Public History: a Guide to Co-production and Community Engagement

by royalhistsoc | 14 Jan 2022 | Online Events

  About this event ‘Creating Public History: a Guide to Co-production and Community Engagement’ is part in the Royal Historical Society’s series of online training events designed for early career historians. This session was held online in December 2021 and the...