Propose a Camden Volume
RHS Literary Director Andrew Spicer explains the process of proposing a volume to our Camden Series of edited primary sources. The Royal Historical Society publishesContinue reading
View ArticleWrite for the RHS Historical Transactions Blog!
In 2018, as part of the commemoration of the Royal Historical Society’s 150th Anniversary, we established Historical Transactions, an open-access online blog. The aim wasContinue reading
View ArticleNew Camden Volume: British Envoys to the Kaiserreich, vol. 2: 1884-1897
The Royal Historical Society is pleased to announce the publication of British Envoys to the Kaiserreich, 1871–1897, Volume 56 in the Camden Fifth Series, editedContinue reading
View ArticleCultures of secrecy and transparent archives?
In April 2019, during a panel discussion at Australia’s Parliament House, Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Sydney, declared that theContinue reading
View ArticleDe Montfort University Launches Stephen Lawrence Research Centre
On 22 April 2019 the nation officially acknowledged the first annual Stephen Lawrence Day. The day served as a day of remembrance, reflection and educationalContinue reading
View ArticleCataloguing the RHS Archive: George Prothero’s Papers
As part of the Society’s 150th anniversary celebrations, the RHS has embarked on a project to revamp its archive and update its accompanying catalogue, inContinue reading
View ArticleCharting a Course: From Shock Cities to Sexy Sailors (and Pilgrim Fathers)
Tom Hulme is author of After the Shock City: Urban Culture and the Making of Modern Citizenship, available now in the RHS Studies on History Series with Boydell and Brewer. In this post for the...
View ArticleInsta-Research: Social Media and the Historian
As a scholar working in a rural UK university, far from peers in her field of study, Dr Kate Strasdin decided to embrace Instagram and Twitter as a means of professional engagement, and to explore the...
View ArticleBeyond This Day – 8 August 1940: Popular History and the Power Sisters
The historian Eileen Power died on 8 August 1940. In today's blog post, Dr Laura Carter examines the historical legacy of Rhoda Power, Eileen's younger sister (pictured above). In the decades following...
View ArticleCataloguing the RHS Archive 2: The Quest for the 1583 High Commission
The Royal Historical Society is currently revamping its archive and updating its accompanying catalogue, a project that includes the digitisation of the academic and personal papers of George Walter...
View ArticleCo-production, Crowd-sourcing & the History of Railway Casualties
The Railway Work, Life & Death project has been using crowd-sourcing and working with volunteers to co-produce research questions and topics. In this post for the RHS, the project team of Karen...
View ArticleHow Can Historians Achieve Inclusivity in Digital Archives?
Historians have always been preoccupied with archives of knowledge – how information is stored and categorised, how it is accessed or restricted, how the integrityContinue reading
View ArticleNew Camden Volume: The Letters of Paul de Foix: French Ambassador at the...
The Letters of Paul de Foix: French Ambassador at the Court of Elizabeth I, 1562–1566 (2019) is a continuation of David Potter's previous volume, A Knight of Malta at the Court of Elizabeth I, (Camden...
View ArticleTaradiddles. Or, lies in a post-truth society
There is nothing new in our lack of trust in information and facts. But how does this affect archives and researchers? Julia Sheppard, Chair ofContinue reading
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