The value and provision of history and the humanities: it’s time for a political response

by rhsadministration | 02 Oct 2025 | Advocacy and Policy, General

  This week the government’s Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, announced the return of maintenance grants for students in greatest need. While we welcome recognition of the financial pressures and impediments many student face, it’s clear that...

Generative AI, History and Historians, a reading guide

by rhsadministration | 02 Oct 2025 | AI, History and Historians, General, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

    There are few bigger, and more pressing, topics today than the current and future impact of Generative AI. Nowhere is this more evident than in Higher Education. The opportunities and challenges of GenAI are relevant to all those engaged in teaching and...

Five things we can learn about current English ‘flag wars’ from Germany in the 1920s and 1930s

by rhsadministration | 16 Sep 2025 | General, Guest Posts

    HISTORY MATTERS   This is the first in a new occasional series of articles on the RHS blog which show how history can help us to understand our present times.   In this first article, Nadine Rossol (University of Essex) explores the power of...

Teaching Medieval Heritage Trails as a Creative Health Intervention

by rhsadministration | 07 Sep 2025 | General, Teaching Fellowships

  In this post, Karen Smyth shares her recent experience of introducing medieval heritage trails to students on a Medical Humanities MA pathway. In moving beyond the traditional discipline of History, what are the challenges and opportunities in teaching not only...

‘Madness’, Emotion and the Archive in Early Modern England

by rhsadministration | 03 Sep 2025 | General, RHS Publications, Transactions

  In this post, Jonathan Willis introduces his new article, ‘“your poore distressed suppliant”: ‘Madness’, Emotion and the Archive in Early Modern England’, published this week in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. The article focusses on the British...

Peter J. Marshall and the Royal Historical Society: an appreciation

by rhsadministration | 02 Sep 2025 | General, Guest Posts

  The Society was very sorry to learn of the death, in July, of the historian Peter J. Marshall (1933-2025). Peter’s association with the Royal Historical Society spanned more than 50 years. Elected a Fellow in 1969, Peter served as a member of the Society’s...