LGBT+ and History in the UK

by | 25 Mar 2019 | LGBT+, RHS Work

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...

Mobile Emotions

by | 27 Feb 2019 | Guest Posts

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...

New Historical Perspectives

by | 14 Nov 2018 | RHS Publications

‘New Historical Perspectives’ (NHP) is our new Open Access book series for Early Career Researchers, a partnership between the RHS and the Institute of Historical Research. As the first tranche of finished manuscripts begins to arrive, Penny Summerfield – one of the...

2nd Gender Equality Report

by | 06 Nov 2018 | RHS Publications, RHS Work

Royal Historical Society report highlights gender inequality in UK History A new report published today (6 November 2018) by the Royal Historical Society (RHS) recommends steps to promote gender equality in UK History, following the RHS’s recent report on race in UK...

RHS Race Report

by | 17 Oct 2018 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, RHS Publications, RHS Work

Royal Historical Society report highlights need for greater diversity in UK History A new report published today (18 October 2018) by the Royal Historical Society (RHS) highlights racial and ethnic inequalities in the teaching and practice of History in the UK. It...