Half-Meetings: Indian Emotional Responses to World War Two

by royalhistsoc | 18 Nov 2020 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, RHS Work

Two-and-a-half million men from undivided India served the British during the Second World War. Their experiences have been little remembered, either in the UK where a European/US-centric memory of the war dominates, or in modern South Asia where nationalist histories...

Reflections on the Martin Lynn Scholarship

by royalhistsoc | 27 Jul 2020 | Guest Posts, RHS Work

In the academic year 2017-18, Brooks Marmon received the Society’s Martin Lynn Scholarship to support  his doctoral research on the impact of African decolonisation on the politics of Southern Rhodesia (colonial Zimbabwe) in the 1950s and 60s. Here, Brook reflects on...

2020 RHS Award Winners

by royalhistsoc | 22 Jul 2020 | Online Events, RHS Work

In a virtual ceremony which went live this afternoon, the Royal Historical Society has announced its Publication, Teaching and Fellowship Awards for 2020. The ceremony also included its joint awards with the Institute of Historical Research, and the IHR Prizes....

RHS Book Prizes 2020 – Nominee Author Videos

by royalhistsoc | 22 Jul 2020 | Online Events, RHS Work

Welcome to the RHS Book Prizes 2020!   Ahead of the full Virtual RHS Publication, Fellowship and Teaching Awards for 2020, which will be presented later today, Wednesday 22 July, at 16.30 BST, we are delighted to present all twelve of the shortlisted authors for...

Professor Sarah Hamilton – A Virtual Lecture and Q&A

by royalhistsoc | 18 Jun 2020 | Online Events, RHS Work

“Responding to Violence: Liturgy, Authority and Sacred Places c.900-c.1100”   Professor Sarah Hamilton was due to give her lecture in the Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre at UCL, London on Friday 1 May.  As COVID-19 made this impossible, she agreed to...

RHS Whitfield Book Prize – The 2020 Shortlist

by royalhistsoc | 19 May 2020 | RHS Work

The 2020 Shortlist for the RHS Whitfield Prize is announced today. “This year’s Whitfield Prize shortlist is exceptionally strong. Every one of these titles displays British or Irish History at its best: innovative in approach, extensively researched, critically...