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...

Marking 5 years and 50,000 downloads of ‘New Historical Perspectives’, 2016-21

by royalhistsoc | 20 Dec 2021 | General, RHS Publications

In this final post of 2021 we mark five years since the creation of New Historical Perspectives, the Society’s Open Access book series for early career historians. The NHP Series and its distinctive publishing model was created in 2016 under its first...

New Associate Fellowship and Postgraduate categories for RHS membership

by royalhistsoc | 06 Dec 2021 | General, RHS Work

From late November 2021, changes to the Society’s membership structure see the introduction of new Associate Fellowship and Postgraduate Membership categories. From now, there will be four ways to be part of the Royal Historical Society: as a...