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Transactions is the academic journal of the Royal Historical Society, and — as a generalist journal — publishes historical content across a wide range of subjects, chronologies and regions, worldwide. In addition to articles setting out new research, Transactions includes a popular Common Room section. Here, in shorter comment essays, historians consider topics such as

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This week the Society announced the Shortlists for its annual First Book and Early Career Article Prizes. The shortlists follow an open call for early career historians to self-nominate a first history monograph, published in 2025, or a journal article / essay published last year and written within three years of completion of a PhD.

The Royal Historical Society and partners, the Institute of Historical Research and DC Thomson, are very pleased to announce Dr Sadie Levy Gale and Dr Matthew Stephens as the recipients of a new programme of Applied History Fellowships. The Fellowships are an initiative by the Society, the IHR and the publisher DC Thomson to support

At its latest meeting on 1 May 2026, the RHS Council elected 116 Fellows, 77 Associate Fellows, 81 Members and 112 Postgraduate Members, a total of 386 people newly associated with the Society, from today. The majority of the new Fellows hold academic appointments at universities, specialising in a wide range of fields; but also