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

by | 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...

Parades and Power in Early Modern Japan

by | 11 May 2022 | General, RHS Publications, Transactions

    In her new article for Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Professor Rebekah Clements explores the complexities of political sovereignty in early modern Japan through the practice of ‘alternate attendance’. The requirement for...

Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England

by | 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...

Conversion and the Purposes of Mission in Protestant History

by | 30 Mar 2022 | General, RHS Publications, Transactions

    If you were a missionary, what constitutes a genuine ‘conversion’? How can you be confident that the people you seek to convert are not deceiving you, or themselves? In this post Professor Alec Ryrie and Dr David Trim introduce ‘Four...

UKRI Open Access Policy for the Arts and Humanities: FAQs

by | 28 Mar 2022 | General, Guest Posts, RHS Publications, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Online Resources, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

    In August 2021  UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) announced its future policy regarding Open Access publishing. UKRI is the overarching body responsible for government research strategy and funding for universities in the UK. It brings together the...

Brothels, bowling and bad behaviour: life on the fringes of late medieval London

by | 18 Feb 2022 | RHS Publications

  To coincide with the release of her new book The Margins of Late Medieval London, Dr Charlotte Berry takes a look at life on the fringes of the city in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries through the story of one small community. Charlotte’s book,...