Royal Historical Society Awards, 2021 – Publications, Research and Teaching

by Administrator | 19 Jul 2021 | General

At 17.00 BST on Friday 23 July we’ll be announcing the winners of the 2021 RHS Awards for Research, Publishing and Teaching in History — together with the annual prizes for early career historians awarded by the Institute of Historical Research (IHR),...

Funding and Fellowship Opportunities in Historical Studies

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

There are many funding opportunities for history researchers to apply for in the UK and internationally, including research and travel grants, and library fellowships. Funding grants and fellowship opportunities are advertised across the year, although some have...

Working for Historians—notwithstanding COVID-19

by royalhistsoc | 16 Apr 2020 | RHS Publications, RHS Work

Although the Royal Historical Society, in keeping with government guidance, has closed its physical office for the time being, RHS President Margot Finn outlines the ways in which we continue to work for historians in and beyond the UK. COVID-19 has inevitably...

Teaching History in a Digital Age

by swebbdh | 12 Sep 2019 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules

Digital transformations in society and culture have fundamentally changed the historian’s relationship with the past.  So how do we incorporate this into our teaching? In this post for Historical Transactions, Dr Sharon Webb and Dr James Baker, winners of the...

Public History Prize

by | 14 Mar 2018 | RHS Work

In January at the Mary Ward Centre in London, we presented the awards for the 2018 Public History Prize. There were wonderful entries in all categories, displaying the diversity and creativity of historians across the country engaging with public audiences. Ahead of...