Supporting History teaching and research in UK universities: a toolkit

by royalhistsoc | 24 May 2022 | General, RHS Work

SUPPORTING HISTORY TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN UK UNIVERSITIES: A TOOLKIT   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...

Roadmap for Change Update: The RHS Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report one year on.

by shahmimaakhtar | 11 Dec 2019 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, RHS Publications, RHS Work

If you have been following the RHS, you will know that we have been involved in pressing to make History a more equal, inclusive and welcoming space. Our 2018 Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report committed the RHS to reporting on its progress a year on, and today we...

Professor Emma Griffin: Introducing the next President-Elect

by | 06 Dec 2019 | RHS Work

The Royal Historical Society will formally announce the appointment of  our new President-Elect at its AGM this evening. We asked Emma Griffin, Professor of Modern British History at the University of East Anglia to introduce herself, her research and her reasons for...

The RHS Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report: One Year On

by shahmimaakhtar | 18 Oct 2019 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, RHS Work

It has been a year since the publication of the RHS’s Race, Ethnicity & Equality in UK History: A Report and Resource for Change (2018). In this post, Shahmima Akhtar, our Past and Present Fellow, reflects on the work that has been done in this area, and our...

RHS Update – Autumn 2019

by | 16 Sep 2019 | RHS Publications, RHS Work

It’s been a busy few months at the RHS. As we put the summer behind us, here is an update on the projects that we are working on at the moment, and how you can get involved with our work. LGBT+ Survey  We launched our LGBT+ Survey of historians at the beginning of...