On ‘PASSING’: Shifting histories OF THE ANGLO-INDIAN COMMUNITY

by royalhistsoc | 04 Apr 2022 | Writing Race Two

In the next in our ‘Writing Race’ series, Vishwajeet Deshmukh considers the history of racial ‘passing’ within India’s Anglo-Indian community. Mixed-race descendants of European fathers and Indian mothers, members of the Anglo-Indian...

‘Positive Action’ workshop for early-career historians of colour

by royalhistsoc | 04 Oct 2021 | Writing Race

In August of this year, the Royal Historical Society organised its first ‘positive action’ workshop for early-career historians of colour. The initiative was led by the Society’s Race, Ethnicity and Equality Working Group which was responsible for the...

When Rhodes was not built

by royalhistsoc | 13 Jun 2021 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race

Statues and commemorations of Cecil Rhodes provoke strong reactions. Recent calls for removal have focused especially on statues at the universities of Oxford and Cape Town, prompting others to argue for their retention or contextualisation. In this latest post for...

‘The women had saved the situation’: Indian women’s work in war and famine

by royalhistsoc | 04 May 2021 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race

The work undertaken by lower caste Indian women during the Second World War is both surprising and shocking. For the latest post in the ‘Writing Race’ blog series, Urvi Khaitan — a current PhD researcher — reveals how tens of thousands of women worked above and below...

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...