Counting the cost of war

by Administrator | 09 Nov 2021 | General, RHS Publications

Published this month, the latest volume in the Royal Historical Society’s Camden Series is British Financial Diplomacy with North America, 1944-1946. The Diary of Frederic Harmer and the Washington Reports of Robert Brand (November 2021). Here, the book’s editor,...

Precarious Professionals: Gender, identities and social change in modern Britain

by Administrator | 21 Oct 2021 | General, RHS Publications

In this post, Dr Heidi Egginton and Dr Zoë Thomas introduce their new, edited collection: Precarious Professionals: Gender, Identities and Social Change in Modern Britain — the latest title in the RHS’s ‘New Historical Perspectives’ book...

Royal Historical Society invites applications for new governance and journal roles

by Administrator | 31 Aug 2021 | General, RHS Publications, RHS Work

We invite applications from RHS Fellows for four posts central to the Society’s governance and development as a learned society.  Two are Officer roles on the Council, the Society’s governing body: Honorary Secretary and Secretary for Professional...

UKRI Open Access protocols: August 2021

by Administrator | 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...

Sir Earle Page’s war diaries, 1941-42: new Camden Series volume

by royalhistsoc | 17 Jun 2021 | RHS Publications

  Published this month, the latest volume in the Royal Historical Society’s Camden Series is Sir Earle Page’s British War Cabinet Diary, 1941-1942 (2021). Here, the book’s editors, Kent Fedorowich and Jayne Gifford, introduce the Australian...

Travels in ‘Coal Country’ – and other New Historical Perspectives

by royalhistsoc | 29 May 2021 | RHS Publications

New Historical Perspectives (NHP) is the Society’s book series for early career historians, published by the Institute of Historical Research and University of London Press. All titles appear as free Open Access texts, as well as hard and paperback print and...