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...

by royalhistsoc | 05 Nov 2023 | General

Data on the UK Historical Profession and Discipline   Each section of this resource provides data and links relating to a different aspect of the UK historical profession and discipline. Use the links below to locate a section within the resource.   1....

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...

Student numbers for History A-Levels and Scottish Highers, 2023

by royalhistsoc | 22 Aug 2023 | Advocacy and Policy, General, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

    The 2023 A-Level results, for students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, were released on 17 August 2023. They follow the 2023 results for Scottish Highers, published on 8 August. Both sets of data allow for observations on the uptake and relative...