REF2021 Update – April 2019
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 Criteria on 31 January 2019. This was accompanied by a document offering institutions guidance on drafting their Codes of Practice.
LGBT+ and History in the UK
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 LGBT+ histories in UK universities.
Royal Historical Society Responds to TEF Review
The Royal Historical Society has responded to the government’s independent review of TEF.
Condemned to Become: the Future of the Past in Berlin
Marcus Colla is a final year PhD student at the University of Cambridge. His research looks at the legacy of the Prussian state in communist East Germany. Marcus was awarded the Alexander Prize for 2018 for his article ‘Prussian Palimpsests: Architecture and Urban Spaces in East Germany, 1945-1961,’ Central European History, Vol. 50, (2017), 184-217. Here, he considers how Berlin has dealt with its contested past in its urban landscape.
Mobile Emotions
David Berry Prize-winner Katie Barclay reflects on her experience as a Scottish historian ‘on the move’.
Propose a Camden Volume
RHS Literary Director Andrew Spicer explains the process of proposing a volume to our Camden Series of edited primary sources.
New Camden Volume on Elizabethan Family
Jo Ann Moran Cruz introduces her new volume in our Camden Series.
Gladstone Rings a Bell
Matthew Champion reflects on time and bells after winning this year’s Gladstone Prize.
New Historical Perspectives
Prof. Penny Summerfield discusses our new Open Access Early Career book series, New Historical Perspectives.
2nd Gender Equality Report
The Royal Historical Society has released a second report on gender equality in UK History.
RHS Race Report
The Royal Historical Society has released a landmark report on race in UK History.
Global History for Schools
This Black History Month, Miles Larmer discusses Oxford History Faculty’s new resources for schools.
