Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales

by rhsadministration | 28 Aug 2025 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    The building of reservoirs in England and Wales was key to urban growth across the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Management of waterworks projects was closely tied to the social and economic fortunes of rural areas, as well as the...

The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)

by | 05 Aug 2025 | Camden Series, General, RHS Publications

    In this post Helen Newsome-Chandler introduces her new volume in the Royal Historical Society’s Camden Series, The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541), published in August 2025. This volume presents the surviving holograph...

Four Suggestions for the Future of (Environmental) History

by | 27 Jul 2025 | General, Guest Posts, Transactions

    In April 2023, eighteen scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds in the humanities, natural and social sciences came together for a one-day workshop to study past environmental change and its effects on human societies. Selected conversations...

The Papers of Admiral George Grey – new Camden Series volume published

by | 06 Jun 2025 | Camden Series, Guest Posts, RHS Publications

    In this post Michael Taylor introduces his new volume in the Royal Historical Society’s Camden Series, The Papers of Admiral George Grey, published in June 2025. The volume presents the memoir, journal, and correspondence of George Grey...

Reading, Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England

by | 10 Apr 2025 | Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    In this post Hannah Jeans introduces her new book—Reading, Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England—which is published in the Society’s ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series with University of London Press. Hannah’s book...

Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle: The Shadow of a Young Woman

by | 19 Mar 2025 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications, Writing Race Two

    In this post, Rachel E. Johnson introduces her new book—Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle. The Shadow of a Young Woman—which is published in the Society’s ‘New Historical Perspectives’ series with...