Justifying the arts in early modern Britain

by | 16 Mar 2022 | General, Guest Posts

  What value did people place on the arts in post-Reformation Britain? And what was the role of the clergy in sponsoring musical performance in particular? In this post, Dr Hannah Yip explores the justification and championing of early modern artistic endeavour...

Facing current challenges can be a vital part of our curriculum

by | 27 Sep 2021 | Advocacy and Policy, General, Guest Posts

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...

‘I open up my mouth and I just sing’: Studying Black health and the humanities

by | 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...

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...

UKRI Open Access protocols: August 2021

by | 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...

The Future of (Teaching) the Past

by | 28 May 2021 | General, Guest Posts

What happens when a university lab-based Digital History module goes online due to lockdown? You might think the imposed digital switch would be straightforward for ‘born digital’ digital history students. But as Dr Jessica van Horssen of Leeds Beckett...