‘Positive Action’ workshop for early-career historians of colour

by | 04 Oct 2021 | Writing Race

In August of this year, the Royal Historical Society organised its first ‘positive action’ workshop for early-career historians of colour. The initiative was led by the Society’s Race, Ethnicity and Equality Working Group which was responsible for the...

Royal Historical Society invites applications for new governance and journal roles

by | 31 Aug 2021 | General, RHS Publications, RHS Work

We invite applications from RHS Fellows for four posts central to the Society’s governance and development as a learned society.  Two are Officer roles on the Council, the Society’s governing body: Honorary Secretary and Secretary for Professional...

Royal Historical Society Awards, 2021 – Publications, Research and Teaching

by | 19 Jul 2021 | General

At 17.00 BST on Friday 23 July we’ll be announcing the winners of the 2021 RHS Awards for Research, Publishing and Teaching in History — together with the annual prizes for early career historians awarded by the Institute of Historical Research (IHR),...

RHS Gladstone Prize, 2021 – shortlisted author videos

by | 03 Jun 2021 | General

The RHS recently announced the shortlists for its 2021 Gladstone and Whitfield Book Prizes. Here, we introduce you to the first set of authors shortlisted for the Gladstone Prize, via a series of short videos. The RHS Gladstone Prize is awarded annually for a first...

RHS Whitfield Prize, 2021 — shortlisted author videos

by | 01 Jun 2021 | General

We recently announced the shortlists for the 2021 RHS Whitfield and Gladstone Book Prizes. Here we introduce you to the shortlisted authors via a series of short videos, beginning with the six early career historians shortlisted for his year’s Whitfield Prize...