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The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of historians: https://royalhistsoc.org/
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Join us in lovely Inverness for our annual conference on March 7, 2026. CFP and essay prize submissions due December 5! www.scotamstudies.org/sasa-2023-re...
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Today is World AIDS Day. The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has 200+ sources on the history of HIV/AIDS. You can also consult BBIH’s free readings lists on LGBTQ+ histories and the histories of infectious diseases to learn more about recent scholarship on this topic buff.ly/OK5HSbu
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December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The Estella Canziani Post-Graduate Bursary for Research: the deadline for applications to this year's bursary is Friday 5 December 2025. For details on how to apply, see www.folklore-society.com/awards/the-e...
Image: Estella Canziani, 'Costers Harvest Festival in the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Old Kent Road', 1936, (Large) Gouache. This is one of the gouaches given to The Folklore Society by Estella Canziani in 1937.
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Fellows of the Society come from a wide range of backgrounds and are recognised for their original contribution to historical knowledge.

This takes many forms well beyond publication of a book. We've a new guide to the many routes to Fellowship: bit.ly/49IG67g. Applications welcome #Skystorians
Front page of new guide on Joining the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society: a brief guide if you’re considering an application with text: Fellowship is one of several ways to join and belong to the Royal Historical Society. Fellows are elected to this position by the Society in recognition of their work for the historical discipline and profession. There are many different routes to Fellowship, just as there are different kinds of contributions and careers within the discipline of history.
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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The latest volume in the Society's Camden Series of primary source editions is now available, online and in print: bit.ly/4p8QwSi

'A Collector Collected' charts the life of William Upcott (1779-1845) and offers a detailed, non-elite account of early C19th London life #Skystorians 1/2
'A Collector Collected': latest volume published in the Society's Camden series of primary editions - RHS
The latest volume in the Society's Camden Series of primary editions is A Collector Collected. The Journals of William Upcott, 1803-1823, edited by Mark Philp, Aysuda Akan and Curtis Leung.   William ...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Fellows of the Society come from a wide range of backgrounds and are recognised for their original contribution to historical knowledge.

This takes many forms well beyond publication of a book. We've a new guide to the many routes to Fellowship: bit.ly/49IG67g. Applications welcome #Skystorians
Front page of new guide on Joining the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society: a brief guide if you’re considering an application with text: Fellowship is one of several ways to join and belong to the Royal Historical Society. Fellows are elected to this position by the Society in recognition of their work for the historical discipline and profession. There are many different routes to Fellowship, just as there are different kinds of contributions and careers within the discipline of history.
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Fellows and Members of the Society receive a wide range of benefits. Our new 'Guide for Members' bit.ly/48qN0eS offers details, including access to funding, publications, history news, networking, and publisher discounts.

We invite applications to 'Join Us' at any time bit.ly/3K428qL #Skystorians
Pages from the Society's new 'Guide to Members' showing sections on News and Information, Research funding and research support, Membership and networking and Fellows of the Royal Historical Society.
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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The Royal Historical Society is a membership organisation of 7000+ historians, UK and RoW. We welcome historians to join us at any time: our next closing date is 15 December.

We offer membership categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians 1/2
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November 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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The Royal Historical Society is a membership organisation of 7000+ historians, UK and RoW. We welcome historians to join us at any time: our next closing date is 15 December.

We offer membership categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians 1/2
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November 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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The OMGC committee is delighted to announce this year’s Call for Papers! We look forward to receiving submissions for 20-minute papers from graduate students on the theme ‘Sounds and Silence.’

Please submit abstracts of 250 words to [email protected] by 8 December 2025.

Details Below
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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'The British Academy has redoubled its call for a “comprehensive” review of higher education funding in the wake of the government’s levy on international student fees.' 1/3
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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'David Maguire and Alex Bols, vice-chancellor and chief of staff respectively at the University of East Anglia, updated their prediction made last autumn that 10,000 jobs could be lost in 2024-25, claiming this same amount could in fact be lost every year going forward.' 1/3
UK universities ‘could cut 10,000 jobs every year’
Academics claim changes made to higher education system a decade ago have divided sector into ‘winners and losers’, with government-imposed limits on income exacerbating financial challenges
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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The Society's 'Annual Newsletter' is now available bit.ly/4pzfom7

With news and reflections on 2025 and a look ahead to activities, events and initiatives for the coming year as we begin work on our new Strategy for 2026-2028 bit.ly/3KpX0x8.

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Cover and selected pages from the Royal Historical Society's 2025 Annual Newsletter.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?

New CFP from Paper Trails here:

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...

Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
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Call for Papers: Difficult Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections
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November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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🌟 Exciting news! The deadline for the Olivette Otele Prize has been extended to Friday 12th December! Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity for a fast-tracked publication, apply now! 📝
Olivette Otele Prize 2025/26 Open for Submissions! DEADLINE EXTENSION! We have extended the call for abstracts to Friday 12th December 2025 for our annual Olivette Otele Prize! The prize offers the chance for fast-tracked publication of an article and a cash prize of £250 and is open to Black UK-based PhD students working in history or related disciplines, exploring any place or period. We invite you to submit an abstract of no more than 400 words for a 40 minute paper by Friday 12th December 2025 to ihrhistorylab@gmail.com. Timeline: Abstract deadline of no more than 400 words due by Friday 12th DECEMBER 2025 Shortlisted scholars will be notified by Friday 19th December 2025 and asked to submit a full paper of no more than 8000 words by Friday 27th February The winner will be announced by the end of March 2026 Prize and Recognition The winner will receive a £250 cash prize, will be invited to speak at History Lab’s annual conference in summer 2026, and to submit their paper to Historical Research, the leading generalist historical journal and flagship publication of the Institute of Historical Research. Shortlisted scholars will receive a £30 book voucher and the opportunity to present their research at a History Lab seminar. About the Prize The Olivette Otele Prize was created in 2020 in response to the Royal Historical Society’s ‘Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report’ which highlighted racial inequality in the field of history. The prize was named after the UK’s first Black woman history professor and was designed to both raise participants’ profiles as well as financially reward labour involved in academic research. We look forward to reading your applications!
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Applications are invited at any time. The next closing dates, for Fellowship and all other categories of membership, are 15 December and 9 March 2026.

We've recently published a new Guide for Fellows and Members of the Society listing the many benefits of belonging to the RHS bit.ly/485xFSn 2/2
Guide for Members - RHS
On 18 November 2025, the Society releases its new Guide for Members to highlight the benefits available to current Fellows and Members. The Guide provides information relating to the following areas o...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Fellows of the Society are elected for their 'original contribution to historical scholarship'.

Our new guide provides more on the many ways Fellows achieve this - with activities going well beyond publications bit.ly/48mpcJa We welcome Fellowship applications from historians of all kinds 1/2
Image of guide to 'Joining the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society'. Full abstract: "Fellowship is one of several ways to join and belong to the Royal Historical Society. Fellows are elected to this position by the Society in recognition of their work for the historical discipline and profession. There are many different routes to Fellowship, just as there are different kinds of contributions and careers within the discipline of history. Today’s RHS Fellows are history practitioners from a very wide range of backgrounds (within and beyond higher education) who have contributed to historical understanding and knowledge through a body of work. These contributions take many forms: from academic publications of different formats, to editorial and curatorial work, history programming and public history. This post addresses common questions asked by those considering applying to join the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society. If you are interested in making an application, we hope this helps."
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
British Academy Conferences funding for UK-based researchers
An exceptional opportunity for UK-based scholars to run a landmark event featuring leading-edge research as part of the British Academy’s events programme.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!

We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.

This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”

Deadline: 17 Dec 2025

Please share widely!
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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A very comprehensive and informed analysis (as usual) from the Wonkhe team, helpfully putting the pieces of the English jigsaw in one place.
Budget 2025 for universities and students
Team Wonkhe unpacks an unusually consequential Budget for higher education, as a complex mix of fee rises, international student levies, and stealth costs for graduates reshape the sector’s financial ...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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📚 Whether you're an undergraduate, postgraduate, academic, or independent researcher, our research grants and By-Fellowships are designed to support work using our collections here at Churchill Archives Centre.

🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK
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September 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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New blog from IHR Director @[email protected] reflecting on how historians can advocate for history through our practice, and defend the important historical work that goes on within universities as well as beyond them. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/11/advo...
Advocating for History by Doing History - On History
This blog was written by Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR Historians are very good at crafting arguments and in recent times very many people have advanced very many arguments about why history…
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November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Fellows of the Society are elected for their 'original contribution to historical scholarship'.

Our new guide provides more on the many ways Fellows achieve this - with activities going well beyond publications bit.ly/48mpcJa We welcome Fellowship applications from historians of all kinds 1/2
Image of guide to 'Joining the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society'. Full abstract: "Fellowship is one of several ways to join and belong to the Royal Historical Society. Fellows are elected to this position by the Society in recognition of their work for the historical discipline and profession. There are many different routes to Fellowship, just as there are different kinds of contributions and careers within the discipline of history. Today’s RHS Fellows are history practitioners from a very wide range of backgrounds (within and beyond higher education) who have contributed to historical understanding and knowledge through a body of work. These contributions take many forms: from academic publications of different formats, to editorial and curatorial work, history programming and public history. This post addresses common questions asked by those considering applying to join the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society. If you are interested in making an application, we hope this helps."
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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"Today’s Budget was an opportunity for the government to offer further detail and clarity on the state and finances of the higher education sector, building on the recent White Paper."

Read our response to the Autumn Budget in full: https://bit.ly/4rs7bCc
The British Academy's response to the Autumn Budget
The British Academy has responded to the Autumn Budget (26 November 2025)
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨

📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!

We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.

📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...

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SHS Annual Conference 2026
Our 50th anniversary conference will be held at Lancaster University, the academic home of the Social History Society. A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster Un…
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November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM