What is History For? 1. Openings

by royalhistsoc | 16 Jun 2022 | General, Guest Posts, What is History For?

  What is History For? is a new series of posts in which historians reflect on the value, purpose and potential of their craft. Each of the series contributors took part in a day-conference — What is History For?’ — held at the University of...

Why Public History matters for a multi-ethnic Britain

by royalhistsoc | 26 Apr 2021 | Writing Race

How might we address limitations in the teaching of empire, and how do we raise awareness of marginalised individuals omitted from prevailing narratives? In this third post for our new ‘Writing Race’ blog series, Serena Cheyenne — a recent MA...

On Visibility – Pippa Catterall

by royalhistsoc | 28 Sep 2020 | LGBT+ Project: Personal Reflections

Professor Pippa Catterall is Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster, and specialises in modern British political, religious, diplomatic and constitutional history. She also teaches public policy for the Hansard Society. In 1999 Pippa...

Taradiddles. Or, lies in a post-truth society

by | 27 Feb 2020 | Guest Posts

There is nothing new in our lack of trust in information and facts. But how does this affect archives and researchers? Julia Sheppard, Chair of the British Records Association, considers some of the questions that have arisen in recent events. Damned Lies In his...

Historians, wildlife, and habitats

by | 19 Nov 2019 | Guest Posts

Why do we study the past? One reason is to understand the present, and how the things we think of as ‘normal’ developed out of very different pasts. At a time of mounting concern about the state of the environment, Tom Williamson argues that understanding the...