Social History From the Global South: New Voices from Southern Africa. Reflections on British Academy Funded Writing Workshop, University of the Free State, South Africa.

by royalhistsoc | 28 Mar 2023 | General, Guest Posts, Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Writing Race Two

  In February 2023, the University of the Free State, South Africa, hosted the workshop ‘Social History from the Global South: New Voice from Southern Africa’, funded by the British Academy.  This workshop was organised to address the issue of...

‘Historical Research in the Digital Age’, Part 5: ‘Digitising History from a Global Perspective; and what this tells us about access and inequality’

by royalhistsoc | 22 Feb 2023 | General, Guest Posts, Historical Research in the Digital Age, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules, Teaching Portal: Online Resources, Writing Race Two

  In this post we continue our series — ‘Historical Research in the Digital Age’ — which explores historians’ use and understanding of the digital tools and sources that shape modern research culture. The series explores the impact and implications of digital...

Teaching the early modern Islamic World

by royalhistsoc | 22 Dec 2022 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Writing Race Two

  In July 2022, Peter Good received one of two Jinty Nelson Teaching Awards given annually by the Royal Historical Society. In this post, for the Society’s ‘Teaching Portal’, Peter reflects on his classroom practice, and how he seeks to...

Black at Sussex

by royalhistsoc | 26 Nov 2022 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race Two

  This latest post of our ‘Writing Race’ Series introduces ‘Black at Sussex’ a five-year project which reflects on the history of the Black experience at Sussex University since its foundation in 1961. The project, which launched this...

The Partition of British India: 75 Years On

by royalhistsoc | 05 Nov 2022 | General, Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race Two

  On 1 November, the Society hosted its annual Public History Lecture, in association with Gresham College. We were delighted to welcome the BBC journalist and broadcaster, Kavita Puri, to give this year’s lecture on the subject of ‘The Partition of...

Provisional Semantics: Studying Colonial Indian Photographs at the Imperial War Museums

by royalhistsoc | 18 Aug 2022 | General, Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race Two

  In this latest post for the RHS ‘Writing Race’ series, Helen Mavin, Head of Photographs for the Imperial War Museums, discusses the challenges of creating national museum, gallery, and archive collections. In her role as Co-Investigator for the...