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. Continue reading “LGBT+ and History in the UK”
Dr Katie Barclay won the Royal Historical Society’s 2018 David Berry Prize for her essay on love and friendship amongst lower order men in eighteenth-century Scotland. Here she reflects on the larger project that the essay emerged from and its insights for contemporary academic emotional economies. Continue reading “Mobile Emotions”
Prof. Penny Summerfield discusses our new Open Access Early Career book series, New Historical Perspectives. Continue reading New Historical Perspectives
The Royal Historical Society has released a second report on gender equality in UK History. Continue reading 2nd Gender Equality Report
In April, we hosted a symposium on Diverse History/Hanes Amrywiol at the University of South Wales in Cardiff. The event highlighted the great diversity of historical research and engagement in Wales, as well as engaging Welsh colleagues in our ongoing … Continue reading Diverse History/ Hanes Amrywiol
Jane Winters reflects on her first encounter with the RHS. Continue reading Encouraging Historians
