by Administrator | 27 Sep 2021 | Guest Posts, Teaching Portal: For Teachers
At a time of already great disruption, historians at Aston University this year faced the threat of departmental closure and redundancy. Public and private support for Aston historians led to the programme’s survival, though colleagues at Aston and historians...
by Administrator | 05 Sep 2021 | General, Guest Posts, Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race
In the eleventh post for our ‘Writing Race’ series, Dr Amber Lascelles introduces the Black Health and the Humanities project at the University of Bristol. The project sits at the intersection of Black humanities and medical humanities, and brings together...
by Administrator | 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...
by Administrator | 11 Aug 2021 | Guest Posts, RHS Publications, RHS Work
On 6 August, UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) published its long-awaited report on its future approach to Open Access publishing. UKRI is the overarching body responsible for government research strategy and funding for universities in the UK. It brings together...
by royalhistsoc | 27 May 2021 | Guest Posts, RHS Work
In March the Royal Historical Society was one of six institutional signatories to a letter calling on government to clarify its attitude towards and involvement in areas of ‘contested heritage’. The letter highlighted ministers’ increasing attempts...
by royalhistsoc | 02 Mar 2021 | Guest Posts
What’s involved in turning a set of conference papers into an edited collection? Dr Patrick Low, Helen Rutherford & Dr Clare Sandford Couch, the co-editors of Execution Culture in Nineteenth Century Britain: From Public Spectacle to Hidden Ritual take us...