Finding Women’s History in Schools – challenges for the curriculum review

by royalhistsoc | 30 Mar 2025 | General, Guest Posts, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

    Women’s and gender history are well-established and vibrant fields of research. In schools, by contrast, the presence of women is far more limited, especially for those teaching and studying the pre-modern period. In this post, Natasha Hodgson...

Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle: The Shadow of a Young Woman

by royalhistsoc | 19 Mar 2025 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications, Writing Race Two

    In this post, Rachel E. Johnson introduces her new book—Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle. The Shadow of a Young Woman—which is published in the Society’s ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series with...

Becoming a Member of the History Subject Panel for REF2029. An Introduction and Guide

by royalhistsoc | 17 Mar 2025 | Advocacy and Policy, General, REF2029

    The work of disciplinary sub-panels (including that for History) is fundamental to the Research Excellence Framework. Subject panels form the heart of REF, responsible for assessing and grading scholarly outputs, impact and research cultures across the...

Rediscovering Hitavadi: A Forgotten Chapter in Telugu Print Culture

by royalhistsoc | 12 Mar 2025 | General, RHS Publications, Transactions, Writing Race Two

    In this post Chakali Chandra Sekhar introduces his new article,  ‘Rediscovering Hitavadi: A Forgotten Pioneer of Telugu Vernacular Print and Missionary Journalism’, recently published in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Hitavadi was the...

A Saga and Other Stories: the Australian Historical Association

by royalhistsoc | 24 Feb 2025 | Advocacy and Policy, General, Guest Posts

    What are the strengths of and threats to historical research in Australia today? In this post we hear from Michelle Arrow and Kate Fullagar, President and Vice-President respectively of the Australian Historical Association, about the experience of being...

Answering the call for REF2029’s History subject panel

by royalhistsoc | 13 Feb 2025 | Advocacy and Policy, General, REF2029

At a time of growing inequality in UK Higher Education, how do we create a History subject panel that reflects the profession and discipline in its variety and complexity?     The next Research Excellence Framework in UK Higher Education takes place in 2029....