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....

The Household Accounts of Robert and Katherine Greville

by royalhistsoc | 13 Jan 2025 | Camden Series, General, RHS Publications

    In this post, co-editors Stewart Beale, Andrew Hopper and Ann Hughes introduce their new volume in the Royal Historical Society’s Camden Series: The Household Accounts of Robert and Katherine Greville, Lord and Lady Brooke, at Holborn and Warwick,...

Accepted applicants to study History in UK Universities: UCAS end-of-cycle data 2019-2024

by royalhistsoc | 19 Dec 2024 | General

    Last week UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, released its end of cycle data for the 2024 applications round to UK higher education. The UCAS release provides information on numbers of applications, offers and accepted applicants for...

REF2029 and Open Access – what’s in, what’s out, and what comes next

by royalhistsoc | 16 Dec 2024 | Advocacy and Policy, General, REF2029

    On 11 December 2024, the steering group for REF2029 published its final Open Access policy relating to research outputs submitted for assessment. The policy follows an initial set of proposals and an accompanying consultation phase over the summer....