Sir Earle Page’s war diaries, 1941-42: new Camden Series volume

by royalhistsoc | 17 Jun 2021 | RHS Publications

  Published this month, the latest volume in the Royal Historical Society’s Camden Series is Sir Earle Page’s British War Cabinet Diary, 1941-1942 (2021). Here, the book’s editors, Kent Fedorowich and Jayne Gifford, introduce the Australian...

When Rhodes was not built

by royalhistsoc | 13 Jun 2021 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race

Statues and commemorations of Cecil Rhodes provoke strong reactions. Recent calls for removal have focused especially on statues at the universities of Oxford and Cape Town, prompting others to argue for their retention or contextualisation. In this latest post for...

RHS Gladstone Prize, 2021 – shortlisted author videos

by royalhistsoc | 03 Jun 2021 | General

The RHS recently announced the shortlists for its 2021 Gladstone and Whitfield Book Prizes. Here, we introduce you to the first set of authors shortlisted for the Gladstone Prize, via a series of short videos. The RHS Gladstone Prize is awarded annually for a first...

RHS Whitfield Prize, 2021 — shortlisted author videos

by royalhistsoc | 01 Jun 2021 | General

We recently announced the shortlists for the 2021 RHS Whitfield and Gladstone Book Prizes. Here we introduce you to the shortlisted authors via a series of short videos, beginning with the six early career historians shortlisted for his year’s Whitfield Prize...

Travels in ‘Coal Country’ – and other New Historical Perspectives

by royalhistsoc | 29 May 2021 | RHS Publications

New Historical Perspectives (NHP) is the Society’s book series for early career historians, published by the Institute of Historical Research and University of London Press. All titles appear as free Open Access texts, as well as hard and paperback print and...