Supporting History teaching and research in UK universities: a toolkit

by royalhistsoc | 24 May 2022 | General, RHS Work

  A number of UK History departments have recently been faced with, or are experiencing, cuts to programmes and staff, or mergers with other disciplines.  As part of its advocacy role, the Royal Historical Society works with historians and heads of department who...

Becoming a Historian: an Informal Guide

by royalhistsoc | 18 May 2022 | General, Guest Posts, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: Main Blog

    How do we undertake a major historical research project for the first time? What should we do to ensure that a project’s completed? How do we best engage in debate about our own, and others’, work? How can we apply historical understanding to...

REF 2021: Reflections from the History sub-panel chairs

by royalhistsoc | 12 May 2022 | General, Guest Posts

    The Research Excellence Framework (REF), undertaken by the UK’s four HE funding bodies, provides a review and assessment of research in higher education. The results of the latest assessment (REF2021) were published on 12 May 2022. Here, Professors...

Charting Time and Visualising Race in Europe’s Enlightenment

by royalhistsoc | 09 Feb 2022 | General, Writing Race Two

Welcome to the first in a new series of posts in the Royal Historical Society’s ‘Writing Race’ series. To begin Series Two, Professor Bruce Buchan considers the prominence of race in Enlightenment thought, with reference to the work of the Scottish...

Introducing ‘Writing Race’, Series Two

by royalhistsoc | 08 Feb 2022 | Writing Race Two

In this post Dr Diya Gupta introduces Series Two of ‘Writing Race’, the Society’s collection of essays on race and its relationship to history. ‘Writing Race’ began on the Society’s blog, Historical Transactions, in March 2021. As commissioning...