Royal Historical Society

On Tuesday 20 October, the Royal Historical Society’s President, Professor Lucy Noakes, was the guest of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Archives & History at the Houses of Parliament. Lucy received one of two annual awards given by the Group in recognition of a ‘Lifetime Achievement for Services to Archives and History’. Her fellow

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for historians to join the editorial boards of two of its publications: the Society’s academic journal Transactions and its New Historical Perspectives book series for early career historians. Applicants will be current Fellows of the Society, resident in the UK or worldwide. The closing date for applications is

The Society is pleased to launch a second year of its Applied History Fellowships, to support recent post-doctorate historians, held in partnership the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and publisher DC Thomson. This initiative responds to three pressing challenges: the need to build sustainable bridges across different parts of the history community; the deeply challenging...

The Society is very pleased to announce publication, today, of the 27th title in its ‘New Historical Perspectives’ book series: Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence. The Monastery of Sant’Elisabette delle Convertite, by Gillian Jack. As the longest enduring monastery for repentant prostitutes, Sant’Elisabetta is an integral part of the history of n...

Have you ever wanted to share your research with a wide audience? Would you like to gain experience in public speaking, and be supported to develop imaginative ways to communicate your research to the general public? The Royal Historical Society, Institute of Historical Research and Chalke History Festival are pleased to announce an opportunity for