Interpreting Ruins in the Country Estate: A Toolkit

by rhsadministration | 09 Jan 2026 | General, Guest Posts, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules, Teaching Portal: Online Resources

    In this post Claire Kennan introduces ‘Interpreting Ruins in the Country Estate’ , a new toolkit for those concerned with the preservation, study and promotion of historical ruins. This new resource develops from a workshop, funded by the Royal...

Lived Experience and Historical Research

by rhsadministration | 17 Dec 2025 | General, Guest Posts

    In this post Gabriel Lawson and Rhea Sookdeosingh reflect on their recent workshop on lived experience as a historical research practice. While the social sciences have increasingly adopted lived experience expertise, this is still relatively rare within...

Continuities and Challenges: Women’s Politics and Activism in 1970s Britain

by rhsadministration | 16 Dec 2025 | General, Guest Posts

    In this post, Krista Cowman, Ruth Davidson and Jessica White report on their recent academic panel, ‘Continuities and Challenges: Women’s Politics and Activism in 1970s Britain’, which presented work at the North American Conference on...

Innovative approaches in teaching Welsh History

by rhsadministration | 27 Nov 2025 | General, Teaching Fellowships, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

    The profile of Welsh history is rising, with study in schools (focusing on Wales and the wider world) a mandatory part of the new Curriculum for Wales from 2022. At the same time, there are currently no dedicated forums to bring together those teaching...

Joining the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society: a brief guide if you’re considering an application

by rhsadministration | 23 Nov 2025 | General

    Fellowship is one of several ways to join and belong to the Royal Historical Society. Fellows are elected to this position by the Society in recognition of their work for the historical discipline and profession. There are many different routes to...

A Collector Collected: the Journals of William Upcott, 1803-1823

by rhsadministration | 18 Nov 2025 | Camden Series, General, RHS Publications

    In this post Mark Philp, Aysuda Aykan and Curtis Leung introduce their new volume in the Royal Historical Society’s Camden Series, A Collector Collected: The Journals of William Upcott, 1803-1823, published in November 2025. William Upcott (1779–1845)...