RHS Whitfield Book Prize – the 2021 Shortlist

by royalhistsoc | 17 May 2021 | General

Shortlist for 2021 RHS Whitfield Book Prize announced   “Once again, the Whitfield Prize competition attracted a large number of excellent entries, presenting the judges with something of an embarrassment of riches. Engagingly written, compellingly argued...

‘The women had saved the situation’: Indian women’s work in war and famine

by royalhistsoc | 04 May 2021 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race

The work undertaken by lower caste Indian women during the Second World War is both surprising and shocking. For the latest post in the ‘Writing Race’ blog series, Urvi Khaitan — a current PhD researcher — reveals how tens of thousands of women worked above and below...

Why Public History matters for a multi-ethnic Britain

by royalhistsoc | 26 Apr 2021 | Writing Race

How might we address limitations in the teaching of empire, and how do we raise awareness of marginalised individuals omitted from prevailing narratives? In this third post for our new ‘Writing Race’ blog series, Serena Cheyenne — a recent MA...

Meet the RHS Council – Professor Simon MacLean

by royalhistsoc | 14 Apr 2021 | RHS Work

In the third in a short series of blog posts, we asked some of the new RHS councillors and office holders to introduce themselves. Simon MacLean is a Professor of History at the University of St Andrews. His research focuses on the Carolingian Empire and its successor...

Ethics, White Scholars and the History of Race in Modern Britain

by royalhistsoc | 29 Mar 2021 | Writing Race

How can researchers work sensitively with recent oral histories, particularly when the interviews they are using are not their own? In this post for our new Writing Race blog series, Jessica White reflects on some of the ethical questions she has encountered as a...