What is History For? 1. Openings

by royalhistsoc | 16 Jun 2022 | General, Guest Posts, What is History For?

  What is History For? is a new series of posts in which historians reflect on the value, purpose and potential of their craft. Each of the series contributors took part in a day-conference — What is History For?’ — held at the University of...

RHS Elections 2022: Insights into the Society’s Council and the role of Councillors

by royalhistsoc | 09 Jun 2022 | General, RHS Work

  Each year the Royal Historical Society holds elections to appoint three new members to its Council. The Council is the Society’s governing body, with responsibility for the objectives and work of the RHS. The election round for 2022 has recently begun, with an...

RHS Alexander Prize – the 2022 Shortlist

by royalhistsoc | 07 Jun 2022 | General, RHS Prizes 2022

The Royal Historical Society’s Alexander Prize is awarded for a journal article or essay based on original historical research – written by a doctoral candidate or those recently awarded their doctorate – and published in a journal or an edited...

The ‘Endz’ of Black British History: Recovering the Unrecoverable

by royalhistsoc | 04 Jun 2022 | General, Writing Race Two

  In the latest post in our ‘Writing Race, 2’ series, Warren A. Stanislaus considers the potentiality of Black British History: one more porous and expansive than is currently imagined. In doing so, Warren engages with extra-territorial zones that...

RHS Gladstone Book Prize – the 2022 Shortlist

by royalhistsoc | 01 Jun 2022 | General, RHS Prizes 2022

    The 2022 shortlist recognises the scholarly contribution and quality of six excellent history monographs published in 2021.   Young Women against Apartheid: Gender, Youth and South Africa’s Liberation Struggle by Emily Bridger (Boydell & Brewer)...

RHS Whitfield Book Prize – the 2022 Shortlist

by royalhistsoc | 30 May 2022 | General, RHS Prizes 2022

    The 2022 shortlist recognises the scholarly contribution and quality of six excellent history monographs published in 2021.   Saving the Children: Humanitarianism, Internationalism, and Empire by Emily Baughan (University of California Press) Histories of...