Eating and Aetiology in the Overthrow of Robespierre

by | 12 Aug 2021 | General, Guest Posts

How should historians think about a single day in a momentous event such as the French Revolution? Professor Colin Jones suggests we reconsider historical approaches to human agency in the context of moments of crisis and revolution. Considering one single, pivotal...

RHS Publication, Research and Teaching Awards, 2021

by | 23 Jul 2021 | General, RHS Work

In a video ceremony at 5PM on Friday 23 July, the Royal Historical Society announced its Publication, Teaching and Fellowship Awards for 2021. The ceremony also included the Society’s annual joint fellowships with the Institute of Historical Research, along with...

Royal Historical Society Awards, 2021 – Publications, Research and Teaching

by | 19 Jul 2021 | General

At 17.00 BST on Friday 23 July we’ll be announcing the winners of the 2021 RHS Awards for Research, Publishing and Teaching in History — together with the annual prizes for early career historians awarded by the Institute of Historical Research (IHR),...

Why does the commemoration of slavery and its victims remain so difficult in France?

by | 21 Jun 2021 | General, Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race

How do modern European nations remember the abolition of slavery, and how does this affect campaigns for racial justice? In the latest post from the RHS ‘Writing Race’ blog series, Olivia Durand introduces her research on France’s complicated relationship with...

RHS Gladstone Prize, 2021 – shortlisted author videos

by | 03 Jun 2021 | General

The RHS recently announced the shortlists for its 2021 Gladstone and Whitfield Book Prizes. Here, we introduce you to the first set of authors shortlisted for the Gladstone Prize, via a series of short videos. The RHS Gladstone Prize is awarded annually for a first...

RHS Whitfield Prize, 2021 — shortlisted author videos

by | 01 Jun 2021 | General

We recently announced the shortlists for the 2021 RHS Whitfield and Gladstone Book Prizes. Here we introduce you to the shortlisted authors via a series of short videos, beginning with the six early career historians shortlisted for his year’s Whitfield Prize...