Developing the Royal Historical Society archive: phase 2 begins

by | 04 May 2022 | General

  The Society is very pleased to have recently received generous support, from the Marc Fitch Fund, for the second phase of its archive development programme. This new funding award follows the completion in January 2022 of ‘phase one’ of the project...

Engaging with the ‘Un-Commemorated’ Past

by | 27 Apr 2022 | General, Writing Race Two

  What does it mean to engage audiences with complex and traumatic histories of empire and war? And how might we engage with the ‘un-commemorated’, whose names have not appeared on the memorial landscape? Dr Diya Gupta (Royal Historical Society) and Dr Anna...

‘Quando Era Jovem…’ – Towards an Intergenerational, Oral History of Youth in Maputo, Mozambique

by | 21 Apr 2022 | General, Writing Race Two

    How does an oral historian, working in Mozambique, respond to the lockdowns and travel restrictions of recent years? Johanna Wetzel is a PhD student researching the history of youth — ser jovem or juventude — in Maputo, with particular...

Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England

by | 13 Apr 2022 | General, Guest Posts, RHS Publications

    To coincide with the release of her new monograph, Dr Sarah Fox introduces us to the multiple stages and community focus of Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England. As Sarah argues, the cycle of eighteenth-century birthing began and concluded much...

Sir John Elliott (1930-2022): a personal recollection by Alistair Malcolm

by | 11 Apr 2022 | General, Guest Posts

  What’s it like to be supervised by one of the leading and most highly regarded historians of the day? In this post Dr Alistair Malcolm recalls supervisions, advice and his long-term friendship with the historian of early modern Spain, Sir John Elliott...

Sir Tony Wrigley: A Memoir by John Landers

by | 06 Apr 2022 | General, Guest Posts

  The historical demographer, Dr John Landers, was a doctoral student of Sir Tony Wrigley FBA, whose death in February 2022 has prompted many tributes. Here John describes his experience of studying with Tony Wrigley as a postgraduate member of the Cambridge...