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What is History For? 2: activism and historical imagination

What is History For? 2: activism and historical imagination

by royalhistsoc | 27 Jun 2022 | General, What is History For?, Writing Race Two

    In this second post in the ‘What is History For?’ series, Tionne Parris considers the examples set by mid-20th-century Black radical women in their struggle for change. How might historical study of their engagement with, and framing of,...
A (Dis)entangled History of Early Modern Cannibalism: Theory and Practice in Global History

A (Dis)entangled History of Early Modern Cannibalism: Theory and Practice in Global History

by royalhistsoc | 22 Jun 2022 | Guest Posts, RHS Publications, Transactions

    In their new article, now published in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Stuart McManus and Michael T. Tworek offer a new approach to early modern global history. What they dub ‘(dis)entangled history’ is a way to combine the...
What is History For? 1. Openings

What is History For? 1. Openings

by royalhistsoc | 16 Jun 2022 | General, Guest Posts, What is History For?

  What is History For? is a new series of posts in which historians reflect on the value, purpose and potential of their craft. Each of the series contributors took part in a day-conference — What is History For?’ — held at the University of...
Becoming a Historian: an Informal Guide

Becoming a Historian: an Informal Guide

by royalhistsoc | 18 May 2022 | General, Guest Posts, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

    How do we undertake a major historical research project for the first time? What should we do to ensure that a project’s completed? How do we best engage in debate about our own, and others’, work? How can we apply historical understanding to...
REF 2021: Reflections from the History sub-panel chairs

REF 2021: Reflections from the History sub-panel chairs

by royalhistsoc | 12 May 2022 | General, Guest Posts

    The Research Excellence Framework (REF), undertaken by the UK’s four HE funding bodies, provides a review and assessment of research in higher education. The results of the latest assessment (REF2021) were published on 12 May 2022. Here, Professors...
Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England

Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England

by royalhistsoc | 13 Apr 2022 | General, Guest Posts, RHS Publications

    To coincide with the release of her new monograph, Dr Sarah Fox introduces us to the multiple stages and community focus of Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England. As Sarah argues, the cycle of eighteenth-century birthing began and concluded much...
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