Histories of Adulthood in Britain and the United States

by royalhistsoc | 28 Nov 2024 | General, Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    Adulthood has a history. In this post, Maria Cannon and Laura Tisdall introduce their new edited collection Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z which explores how concepts of adulthood have changed over time in Britain...

Present and Precedent in the Church Councils of Late Antique Iberia

by royalhistsoc | 13 Sep 2024 | General, Guest Posts

  Present and Precedent in the Church Councils of Late Antique Iberia University of Kent, 12-13 July 2024 RHS Workshop Grant Recipient for 2024 Graham Barrett and Jamie Wood   In this post, Graham Barrett and Jamie Wood outline their recent workshop on the...

History and Sustainability: Learning together with ICT students

by royalhistsoc | 05 Sep 2024 | General, Guest Posts, Teaching Fellowships, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

    In this post, Laura Harrison describes her recent project at the University of the West of England to introduce History content to undergraduate courses in Information, Communications and Technology (ICT). As Laura notes, historians think long and hard...

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: from the editor

by royalhistsoc | 20 Aug 2024 | General, Guest Posts, RHS Publications

  In this post, Jan Machielsen, editor of Transactions of the Royal Historical Society reflects on his first six months in the role and looks ahead to forthcoming content in the journal. Published by Cambridge University Press, Transactions is the Society’s...

Towards a creative antifascist pedagogy: zine-making in the classroom

by royalhistsoc | 01 Aug 2024 | General, Guest Posts, Teaching Fellowships, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules

  In this post, Amy King discusses her innovative teaching methods on far-right political groups, past and present. Amy’s undergraduate modules explore the themes of this topic, the ways in which far-right ideologies are distributed, and limitations in use...

History Students’ Use of Gen-AI

by royalhistsoc | 29 Jul 2024 | AI, History and Historians, Guest Posts, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

  What do History students think of Gen AI? Over the past academic year, Neville Morley has been working with History and Ancient History students at the University of Exeter to better understand their experience of, and attitude to, GenAI for their studies In...