Teaching the Tudors on a two-way street
John Cooper was runner-up in the 2020 RHS Jinty Nelson Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision. Here, he reflects on the rewards of dialogue and exchange in the classroom.
Race, Prostitution and the British Empire
In what ways did colonialism redefine and enforce concepts of sexual behaviour, and how do historians best recover the lives of those affected? For the ‘Writing Race’ series, Sudeshna Chatterjee considers the governance of commercial sex work in British India.
RHS Gladstone Book Prize – the 2021 Shortlist
The 8 shortlisted books for the 2021 RHS Gladstone Prize were announced on 19 May. The Gladstone Prize is awarded annually for a first book not primarily related to British or Irish history. Winners of the 2021 Society’s Gladstone and Whitfield book prizes will be announced in July.
RHS Whitfield Book Prize – the 2021 Shortlist
The 6 shortlisted books for the 2021 RHS Whitfield Prize are announced on 17 May. The Whitfield Prize is awarded annually for a first book within a field of British or Irish history. Winners of the 2021 Whitfield and Gladstone prizes will be announced in July.
‘The women had saved the situation’: Indian women’s work in war and famine
The work undertaken by lower caste Indian women during Second World War is both surprising and shocking. In the fourth post in the ‘Writing Race’ series, Urvi Khaitan reveals how many thousands of women worked above and below ground in mines or for the Labour Corps to support the allied war effort. Today their contributions and hardships remain little known.
Why Public History matters for a multi-ethnic Britain
In this third post for our new ‘Writing Race’ blog series, Serena Cheyenne — a recent MA graduate in Public History — recalls her own educational experience and argues for the opportunities provided by publicly-accessible digital technologies.
Creating an Online Community: A Pre-Pandemic Initiative
Applications for the RHS’s 2021 Teaching Awards are now open. In this post Professor Marjory Harper — winner of the 2020 RHS Jinty Nelson Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision in History — reflects on planning an online Master’s Programme in Scottish Heritage.
Meet the RHS Council – Professor Simon MacLean
In the third in a short series of posts, we invite some of the Society’s new councillors and office holders to introduce themselves. Professor Simon McLean is Professor of History at the University of St Andrews.
Data Protection and Historical Research: The Basics
Recent data protection laws have implications for academic researchers. Here, Dr Katherine Foxhall explains how the new rules support research, and some of the key elements that historians should be aware of.
Ethics, White Scholars and the History of Race in Modern Britain
How can researchers work sensitively with recent oral histories? In this post for our new ‘Writing Race’ blog series, Jessica White reflects on the ethical questions she has encountered as a white postgraduate working on the history of race in modern Britain.
In Which They Also Served: Tracing British Sailors of Colour in the Second World War Royal Navy
Much is still unknown about the experiences of Britons of colour in the wartime British armed services. This is particularly true of the Royal Navy. In the first post in our new ‘Writing Race’ blog series, Dr Frances Houghton introduces her research and attempts to find out more.
From Conference to Collaboration – Publishing an Edited Collection
What's involved in turning a set of conference papers into an edited collection? Dr Patrick Low, Helen Rutherford & Dr Clare Sandford Couch, the co-editors of Execution Culture in Nineteenth Century Britain: From Public Spectacle to Hidden Ritual take us through...