Provisional Semantics: Studying Colonial Indian Photographs at the Imperial War Museums

by royalhistsoc | 18 Aug 2022 | General, Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race Two

  In this latest post for the RHS ‘Writing Race’ series, Helen Mavin, Head of Photographs for the Imperial War Museums, discusses the challenges of creating national museum, gallery, and archive collections. In her role as Co-Investigator for the...

Race Update 6 – ‘Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK: State of the Nation’ Report by Runnymede, Ethnicity UK, Policy Press

by shahmimaakhtar | 23 Apr 2020 | Race Update

Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK: State of the Nation is a partnership between Runnymede and the CoDE at the University of Manchester. It is edited by Bridget Byrne, Claire Alexander, Omar Khan, James Nazroo and William Shankley and includes fourteen academics...

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...

Race Update 5 – Grade Predictions and Assessment during Covid-19

by shahmimaakhtar | 06 Apr 2020 | Race Update

Following the government decision to cancel summer examinations, this year’s GCSE and A-Level grades will be predicted by teachers and normalised by a nationally applied formula. This blog outlines the debates prompted by this decision which focus around fears of...

Race Update 4 – EDI concerns during Covid-19

by shahmimaakhtar | 20 Mar 2020 | Race Update

No one has answers to the ongoing Covid-19 situation but this blog suggests some questions that we might ask ourselves and invites your feedback too re History in Higher Education. Are there ways to identify, address and mitigate any unintended negative effects of...