The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH): A Guide for Teachers and Students

by | 29 Jun 2020 | RHS Publications, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Online Resources

The Bibliography of British and Irish History (known as ‘BBIH’) is the most comprehensive and up-to-date record of what’s been published in British and Irish history.  It currently includes records of 620,000 books, journal articles, edited collections, book chapters...

Expertise Unbound? The state and its use of specialists in times of crisis

by | 16 Jun 2020 | Guest Posts, RHS Publications

In this post, published simultaneously with the IHR, Christopher Phillips, whose book Civilian Specialists at War has just been published in our New Historical Perspectives open access book series, draws comparisons between specialist involvement in the current...

Working for Historians—notwithstanding COVID-19

by | 16 Apr 2020 | RHS Publications, RHS Work

Although the Royal Historical Society, in keeping with government guidance, has closed its physical office for the time being, RHS President Margot Finn outlines the ways in which we continue to work for historians in and beyond the UK. COVID-19 has inevitably...

New Camden Volume: The Letters of Paul de Foix: French Ambassador at the Court of Elizabeth I, 1562–1566

by | 12 Feb 2020 | RHS Publications

The Letters of Paul de Foix: French Ambassador at the Court of Elizabeth I, 1562–1566 (2019) is a continuation of David Potter’s previous volume, A Knight of Malta at the Court of Elizabeth I, (Camden 5th series, vol.45) published in 2014. Here he describes the...

Roadmap for Change Update: The RHS Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report one year on.

by | 11 Dec 2019 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, RHS Publications, RHS Work

If you have been following the RHS, you will know that we have been involved in pressing to make History a more equal, inclusive and welcoming space. Our 2018 Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report committed the RHS to reporting on its progress a year on, and today we...

Plan S and History Journals

by | 26 Sep 2019 | RHS Publications

Are History journals ready for Plan S? What are the implications for historians of cOAlition S’s mandate that all research that its funders fund be published according to Plan S open access requirements? Between July and September 2019, the Royal Historical...