by shahmimaakhtar | 11 Dec 2019 | Race Update
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...
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...
by shahmimaakhtar | 18 Oct 2019 | 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...
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...
by | 01 Jul 2019 | LGBT+, RHS Work
The Royal Historical Society Working Group on LGBT+ histories and historians has launched its survey of historians, including students. We want to find out more about the research, teaching and dissemination of LGBT+ histories, as well as the experience of LGBT+...