Climate in the History Curriculum
In September, Amanda Power spoke to the RHS Education Policy Committee about putting climate into the history curriculum. In this post for the RHS blog, which draws on that presentation, she considers how we might develop history curricula to integrate climate, and...
Tracing Digitized Lives – Convicts and Old Age
Interest in crime history, amongst academics and the public, has increased with the development of digital repositories and large-scale projects such as The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Online, Digital Panopticon and Convict Voyages. In this post for the RHS blog,...
Seeing and defining fascism: historical lessons from mid-century Spain
In this post, published jointly with the IHR, Dr Matthew Kerry (Stirling University) introduces his new book, Unite Proletarian Brothers! Radicalism and Revolution in the Spanish Second Republic, which was published by University of London Press on 30 September. Unite...
LGBT+ and Queer Histories – Getting Started
This resource is one of several to accompany the RHS LGBT+ Histories and Historians Report, published on 28 September 2020. This page offers some starting points - quick reading (and listening) suggestions and examples of online resources for those who want to begin...
LGBT+ Histories – Reading List
LGBT+ and queer histories are vast and varied. This list gives a sense of the range and diversity, across time and space, of the LGBT+ histories already available. It represents some of the readings the members of the RHS LGBT+ working group would recommend - from...
LGBT+ Archives, Networks and Heritage
This page lists some academic and professional groups and networks for LGBT+ historians, and histories, museums, archives and major collections of LGBT+ history. These range from small community projects to large national institutions. If you would like to recommend...
Gender-Neutral Pronouns
Using correct pronouns for non-binary and trans people is a simple indication of acknowledgement and respect. Gendered appearance does not reliably tell you about a person’s gender. Checking which pronouns to use, and then doing so consistently, is an easy way to...
LGBT+ Guidance, Support and Advice
Many respondents to the RHS LGBT+ survey reported witnessing or experiencing bullying, harassment or discrimination, either as a personal experience or as a witness. Many more indicated that they would not know what to do if they were in this position. All higher...
Contexts and Other Reports
The RHS LGBT+ Histories and Historians report sits within and contributes to a large body of work, undertaken over many decades, reporting on the lived experiences of LGBT+ communities and advocating for change. This work helps explain, and provide important context...
Hands On Learning – Emma Vickers
Dr Emma Vickers is Senior Lecturer in History at Liverpool John Moores University. Her first book, Queen and Country: Same Sex Desire in the British Armed Forces, 1939-1945 (Manchester, 2013) explores the intersection between same-sex desire and service in the British...
Integrating Histories – Craig Griffiths
Dr Craig Griffiths is Lecturer in Modern History at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a historian of twentieth-century Europe, specialising in modern German history, queer history and the history of sexuality. He is a co-founder and convenor of the History of...
Queer History in Northern Ireland – Tom Hulme
Dr Tom Hulme is Senior Lecturer in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen's University Belfast. He is a specialist in urban culture (1880-1940), in Britain, the US and (most recently) Ireland; and the popular place of the past in modern...
