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...

Data Protection and Historical Research: The Basics

by Katherine Foxhall | 12 Apr 2021 | RHS Publications, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

Recent data protection laws, implemented across Europe in 2018, have implications for academic researchers. The Royal Historical Society recently published a set of guidelines to help researchers navigate the legal requirements around data protection. Here, Dr...

RHS Transactions Journal – A New Approach to Submissions

by royalhistsoc | 15 Feb 2021 | RHS Publications, RHS Work

For more than a century, the papers read at the Royal Historical Society’s London meetings have been published in the Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. RHS Literary Director, Professor Andrew Spicer, introduces a new approach and new submission process to...