Travels in ‘Coal Country’ – and other New Historical Perspectives

by royalhistsoc | 29 May 2021 | RHS Publications

New Historical Perspectives (NHP) is the Society’s book series for early career historians, published by the Institute of Historical Research and University of London Press. All titles appear as free Open Access texts, as well as hard and paperback print and...

RHS Gladstone Book Prize – the 2021 Shortlist

by royalhistsoc | 19 May 2021 | General

The Shortlist for the 2021 RHS Gladstone Prize is announced   This year, as in past competitions, the Gladstone Prize has attracted an outstanding range of submissions on the Atlantic World, British imperial, and trans-national contexts. The field was so strong...

RHS Whitfield Book Prize – the 2021 Shortlist

by royalhistsoc | 17 May 2021 | General

Shortlist for 2021 RHS Whitfield Book Prize announced   “Once again, the Whitfield Prize competition attracted a large number of excellent entries, presenting the judges with something of an embarrassment of riches. Engagingly written, compellingly argued...

From Conference to Collaboration – Publishing an Edited Collection

by royalhistsoc | 02 Mar 2021 | Guest Posts

What’s involved in turning a set of conference papers into an edited collection? Dr Patrick Low, Helen Rutherford & Dr Clare Sandford Couch, the co-editors of Execution Culture in Nineteenth Century Britain: From Public Spectacle to Hidden Ritual take us...

Reflections on the Martin Lynn Scholarship

by royalhistsoc | 27 Jul 2020 | Guest Posts, RHS Work

In the academic year 2017-18, Brooks Marmon received the Society’s Martin Lynn Scholarship to support  his doctoral research on the impact of African decolonisation on the politics of Southern Rhodesia (colonial Zimbabwe) in the 1950s and 60s. Here, Brook reflects on...