Social History From the Global South: New Voices from Southern Africa. Reflections on British Academy Funded Writing Workshop, University of the Free State, South Africa.

by royalhistsoc | 28 Mar 2023 | General, Guest Posts, Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Writing Race Two

  In February 2023, the University of the Free State, South Africa, hosted the workshop ‘Social History from the Global South: New Voice from Southern Africa’, funded by the British Academy.  This workshop was organised to address the issue of...

Teaching the early modern Islamic World

by royalhistsoc | 22 Dec 2022 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Writing Race Two

  In July 2022, Peter Good received one of two Jinty Nelson Teaching Awards given annually by the Royal Historical Society. In this post, for the Society’s ‘Teaching Portal’, Peter reflects on his classroom practice, and how he seeks to...

Futures for the History Journal

by royalhistsoc | 12 Dec 2022 | General, Online Events, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE, Transactions

    ABOUT THIS EVENT Journals have long been, and remain, central to the communication of historical research. As a publishing form, History journals have proved remarkably durable, with developments typically taking place within an established framework of...

Disability History Month 2022: reflections on recent research

by royalhistsoc | 05 Dec 2022 | General, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

  To mark this year’s Disability History Month (16 November-16 December), Beckie Rutherford considers three recent monographs that have significantly contributed to the field of disability history: charting experience in the Soviet Union, the coal industry...

Historical Research in the Digital Age – Part 1: ‘We Are All Digital Now’

by royalhistsoc | 30 Nov 2022 | Guest Posts, Historical Research in the Digital Age, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog, Teaching Portal: Online Resources

  With this post we begin a new six-part series — ‘Historical Research in the Digital Age’ — which explores historians’ use and understanding of the digital resources and sources that shape modern research culture. The series is...

New to Teaching History 2022: An Interactive Workshop, Part 8 – ‘Assessment and Feedback in History’

by royalhistsoc | 09 Oct 2022 | New to Teaching, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

In September 2022 the Royal Historical Society, in partnership with History UK, organised an interactive workshop hosted by Professor Jamie Wood (Lincoln). This workshop aimed to open discussions on the challenges and opportunities of teaching History at UK...