King Oswald’s Raven: Public Engagement During the Coronavirus Pandemic

by | 10 Nov 2020 | Guest Posts

In late March, three days after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first national lockdown in response to COVID-19, a funding application that Johanna Dale and her academic and creative partners had worked hard on, was automatically rejected as funding streams...

2020 RHS Award Winners

by | 22 Jul 2020 | Online Events, RHS Work

In a virtual ceremony which went live this afternoon, the Royal Historical Society has announced its Publication, Teaching and Fellowship Awards for 2020. The ceremony also included its joint awards with the Institute of Historical Research, and the IHR Prizes....

RHS Book Prizes 2020 – Nominee Author Videos

by | 22 Jul 2020 | Online Events, RHS Work

Welcome to the RHS Book Prizes 2020!   Ahead of the full Virtual RHS Publication, Fellowship and Teaching Awards for 2020, which will be presented later today, Wednesday 22 July, at 16.30 BST, we are delighted to present all twelve of the shortlisted authors for...

RHS Whitfield Book Prize – The 2020 Shortlist

by | 19 May 2020 | RHS Work

The 2020 Shortlist for the RHS Whitfield Prize is announced today. “This year’s Whitfield Prize shortlist is exceptionally strong. Every one of these titles displays British or Irish History at its best: innovative in approach, extensively researched, critically...

Old Words and New Worlds

by | 10 Apr 2018 | RHS Publications

Dr Aysha Pollnitz, Assistant Professor of History at Rice University, won the Society’s 2016 Whitfield Prize for her book ‘Princely Education in early modern Britain’. Here she discusses how her research has moved on to liberal education in early...