An Update from the RHS LGBT+ Working Group

by | 24 Jun 2019 | LGBT+, RHS Work

The RHS values the diversity of the historical community in all its forms and over the past several years has invested serious resources in projects that promote equality and inclusion. We believe that valuing diversity means listening to the voices, and respecting...

Reflections on “Contested Commemorations”, RHS Symposium at the Open University.

by | 14 Jun 2019 | Guest Posts, RHS Work

On 17 May 2019 the Open University History department hosted a Royal Historical Society symposium to reflect on the centenary of the First World War. Following four years of commemorative activity, our aim with “Contested Commemorations” was to assess how...

RHS Responds to Plan S Revised Guidance

by | 04 Jun 2019 | RHS Work

In response to updated guidance from cOAlition S on Plan S, we provide History researchers, editors and learned societies with essential information on the revised criteria. On Friday 31 May 2019 cOAlition S, an international consortium of research funders including...

REF2021 Update – April 2019

by | 01 Apr 2019 | RHS Work

Updated Guidance on Submissions and Panel Working Criteria for REF2021. The UK’s four higher education (HE) funding bodies responsible for delivering the next Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) published their Final Guidance on Submissions and Panel Working...

LGBT+ and History in the UK

by | 25 Mar 2019 | LGBT+, RHS Work

In the middle of February 2019, as many historians were marking LGBT+ History month, a small team of historians under the aegis of the Royal Historical Society started work on a new investigation, focussing on the experience of LGBT+ historians and on the teaching of...

Royal Historical Society Responds to TEF Review

by | 19 Mar 2019 | RHS Work

The Royal Historical Society has responded to the government’s independent review of TEF. First introduced by the government in England in 2017, and open to all UK higher education providers, the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) is...