Marking 5 years and 50,000 downloads of ‘New Historical Perspectives’, 2016-21

by Administrator | 20 Dec 2021 | General

In this final post of 2021 we mark five years since the creation of New Historical Perspectives, the Society’s Open Access book series for early career historians. The NHP Series and its distinctive publishing model was created in 2016 under its first...

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

by Administrator | 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 Administrator | 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...

Ten Tips for Getting Published in Academic Journals

by Administrator | 17 Aug 2021 | General, RHS Work, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

On Wednesday 21 July 2021 the Royal Historical Society hosted the first in a new series of training workshops for Post-Graduate and Early Career Historians: ‘Getting Published: a guide to first articles and journal publishing’. The event brought together...

RHS Gladstone Prize, 2021 – shortlisted author videos

by royalhistsoc | 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...