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Video and audio recordings are now available of the Society's latest lecture (6 February):

‘Alike in Appearance but not in Scope’: Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe' with Professor Charles West (University of Edinburgh) bit.ly/46j42f5

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Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe: lecture recordings now available - RHS
On Friday 6 February the Society hosted the first lecture in its 2026 programme. Our great thanks to Professor Charles West (University of Edinburgh) who spoke on: ‘"Alike in Appearance but not in Sco...
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February 10, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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New in Transactions: 'Show Me the Data: New Practices for Historical Sources', by @ruthahnert.bsky.social, Katherine McDonough & @danielwilson.bsky.social: bit.ly/460nrkM

As the ecosystem of historical research data expands, how do we keep control of source materials, esp digital? #Skystorians 1/2
Opening page of new Transactions article; 'Show me the Data: New Practices for Historical Sources', by Ruth Ahnert, Katherine McDonough and Daniel C. S. Wilson. Full abstract: 'This comment examines the rapidly evolving ecosystem of historical research data in the United Kingdom, where cultural heritage collections are increasingly digitised, commercialised and fragmented. Historians face growing challenges in discovering, accessing and reusing data as resources move behind paywalls, and repositories remain scattered, without a national infrastructure to ensure long-term preservation or discoverability. Drawing on examples from major digital initiatives, we analyse the life cycle of historical research data and highlight the complex interplay of commercial, institutional and scholarly interests that shape access. We distinguish three types of data that emerge from historians’ typical engagements with digitised collections: derived, enhanced and aggregated data. We argue that historians must actively participate in the practices relating to the creation, maintenance and reuse of such data. This will involve new forms of citation, favouring open datasets, improving digital skills and building communities around shared resources. The comment concludes with proposals to improve discoverability, sustainability and reuse, urging the discipline to establish common standards and infrastructures to secure an equitable data commons for future research.'
February 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Applications open to our scholarship to study the history of science and/or technology with us at MA and PHD-level. Get in touch with a prospective supervisor to discuss your proposal.
More about how to apply, what we offer and deadlines in the link tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
#histsci #histtech #histstm
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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CFP for 5-minute lightening talk proposals (due 13 March) for the IHR's British History in the Long 18th Century seminar is now live. Come introduce your PhD project to an enthusiastic group of fellow historians. Contact Brendan Tam ([email protected] ) for more details. #Skystorians
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18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP

Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026.

Please see the poster for further information!
February 13, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Chartism Day 2026
This year's event will take place in Warwick on 19 September 2026. For more info and to see the call for papers, click the link.
#Chartism #ChartismDay #CfP
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Cartoon shows the scene of the Chartist 'riot' in Birmingham 1839, with giant large London policemen attacking the crowd. Text: Chartism Day 2026. 19 September, Warwick.
February 12, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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Why did charity become the outlet for global compassion?
Join us for the launch of 'Charity After Empire' by Matthew Hilton
24/3/26, QMUL, London E1
Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-charity-after-empire-tickets-1981162909594
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Book Launch: Charity After Empire
British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development
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February 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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CFP - After 1776: Settlers, Slavery, and Citizenship in the Atlantic Republics

Papers are invited that engage with any aspect of settler republicanism, revolutionary change, or political belonging in the Atlantic world.

Deadline: 28th February
After 1776: Settlers, Slavery, and Citizenship in the Atlantic Republics - British Association for American Studies
We invite proposals for a two-day workshop that explores how the American Revolution reverberated in the emergence, expansion, and contradictions of settler republics across the Atlantic World. We…
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February 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Deadline: 28 Feb

The Society is now running its annual #bookprize, primarily aimed at early career researchers.

The prize will be awarded for the best first monograph on the history of Christianity published during the previous calendar year.

ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/2026-book-pr... #ECR
February 12, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Registration for #HAP26 is now OPEN!

Join us on the 16 April in Sheffield as we explore ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research’

With @royalhistsoc.org @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy & @uoscollections.bsky.social

Register today: bit.ly/4roSsqU
History and Archives in Practice 2026 | Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research
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February 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Did you read all the way through your @royalhistsoc.org newsletter? If not you may have missed my CFP! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/nos...
Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present - CALL FOR PAPERS - RHS
Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present Workshop - University of Northampton, 15 June 2026. Call for papers deadline - 22 February 2026. Nostalgia, defined most simply as a wistful or sentime...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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On 16 April, we co-host 'History and Archives in Practice, 2026' with @ihr.bsky.social, The National Archives, and University of Sheffield Library.

For #HAP26 our theme is: ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research’ bit.ly/4tvKUnX. Booking now #Skystorians
‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives’: programme and booking for ‘History and Archives in Practice, 2026’ now available - RHS
On Thursday 16 April 2026, the Royal Historical Society joins with The National Archives, Institute ofHistorical Research and University of Sheffield Library to co-host the this year’s History and Arc...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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New article in the Society's journal, 'Transactions':

‘Lord Palmerston and Tiverton: Politics, Celebrity and Memory in Victorian Britain’, by Frederick William Hyde bit.ly/4aHDoPo

What can a study of local politics contribute to work on Victorian celebrity and the political uses of the past? 1/2
Opening page of new Transactions article: 'Lord Palmerston and Tiverton: Politics, Celebrity and Memory in Victorian Britain', by Fredericl William Hyde. Full abstract: 'Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston, the ebullient Victorian foreign secretary and prime minister, is no stranger to historians; few stones in his life have been left unturned. One exception is Palmerston’s relationship with the Devonshire borough of Tiverton, which he represented in Parliament for thirty years. Palmerston’s biographers have traditionally downplayed the significance of the Tivertonians and this article offers a more sophisticated approach, by relating popular politics to the nascent historiographical subfields of celebrity and memory. It finds that, during Palmerston’s lifetime, the celebrity status that he used Tiverton to cultivate became a source of civic pride and a pillar of the borough’s identity. Then, after Palmerston’s death, the politics of celebrity became intertwined with the politics of memory. Control of the political space that Palmerston’s legacy occupied became a prerequisite for electoral success, as political debates mutated into bitter arguments over which faction had the better claim to his legacy. This article therefore seeks to illuminate new ways of reading Palmerston and to contribute to the growing body of work on Victorian celebrities and the political uses of the Victorian past.'
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Third lecture now online - www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l... - on the New Psychology and ideas of the self. (1/2)
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Over the next few weeks, the NACBS blog will feature a series of pieces on artificial intelligence. Check out the opening essay by @amywb.bsky.social and stay tuned for more!

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The AI Takeover Is Not Inevitable: Now Is the Time to Resist
"Studying history, we know that nothing is inevitable."
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February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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🗞️ Two more job postings!

Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge (1 March 2026) — www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/mellon-...

Addison Wheeler Fellowships, Durham University (26 March 2026)— www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
addison-wheeler-fellowship - Durham University
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February 11, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Speaking of opportunities for PGRs…

Looking for a BrANCH PGR Representative to help lead a wonderful community and join a fantastic committee 🤗

If interested, please get in touch with BrANCH Chair Emily West with a paragraph explaining why you would be up for the role!

Deadline: February 27th
February 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Next Wednesday, the Society visits historians at Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield.

Our visit closes (5.45pm) with a guest lecture by Prof David Stack (Reading) on 'History and Well-Being: a Historian's Perspective' bit.ly/4aa4Yoe

Open to all and followed by a reception.
Flyer for lecture with Professor David Stack on the subject of 'History and Well-Being. A Historian's Perspective', Sheffield Hallam University, 5.45pm on Wednesday 18 February 2026. All are welcome to attend.
February 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Applications for the BSSH annual conference in Edinburgh this summer are now open. Abstracts of 200 words on any aspect of sport are welcome; the deadline for submissions is 31st March 2026.
February 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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New article in the Society's journal, 'Transactions':

‘Lord Palmerston and Tiverton: Politics, Celebrity and Memory in Victorian Britain’, by Frederick William Hyde bit.ly/4aHDoPo

What can a study of local politics contribute to work on Victorian celebrity and the political uses of the past? 1/2
Opening page of new Transactions article: 'Lord Palmerston and Tiverton: Politics, Celebrity and Memory in Victorian Britain', by Fredericl William Hyde. Full abstract: 'Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston, the ebullient Victorian foreign secretary and prime minister, is no stranger to historians; few stones in his life have been left unturned. One exception is Palmerston’s relationship with the Devonshire borough of Tiverton, which he represented in Parliament for thirty years. Palmerston’s biographers have traditionally downplayed the significance of the Tivertonians and this article offers a more sophisticated approach, by relating popular politics to the nascent historiographical subfields of celebrity and memory. It finds that, during Palmerston’s lifetime, the celebrity status that he used Tiverton to cultivate became a source of civic pride and a pillar of the borough’s identity. Then, after Palmerston’s death, the politics of celebrity became intertwined with the politics of memory. Control of the political space that Palmerston’s legacy occupied became a prerequisite for electoral success, as political debates mutated into bitter arguments over which faction had the better claim to his legacy. This article therefore seeks to illuminate new ways of reading Palmerston and to contribute to the growing body of work on Victorian celebrities and the political uses of the Victorian past.'
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Our great thanks to Professor Vinita Damodaran who yesterday gave the 2026 RHS / German Historical Institute 'Global History Lecture' bit.ly/3Zux2ws

A recording of Vinita's lecture, ‘Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire’, will be available soon #Skystorians @ghilondon.bsky.social
Vinita Damodaran gives the Society's annual Global History Lecture - RHS
On 10 February the Royal Historical Society co-hosted its annual Global History Lecture with the German Historical Institute, London. The partnership between the Society and GHIL is now in its third y...
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February 11, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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#jobfairy this is an intriguing one - 18 month research fellowship for an object-focused historian, museums studies person or similar at Chatsworth House! £48k + £11k travel, outreach etc #skystorians
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK358/d...
Devonshire Collections Research Fellow at Chatsworth House Trust
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Devonshire Collections Research Fellow opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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In this blog post, Richard Ansell (Birkbeck, University of London) discusses how the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is contributing to his research on non-elite travel writing as part of ‘Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writing in Seventeenth-Century England’
Non-Elite Travel Writing and the Bibliography of British and Irish History  - On History
In this blog post, Richard Ansell (Birkbeck, University of London) discusses several ways that the Bibliography of British and Irish History is contributing to his research on non-elite travel…
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February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Two grant schemes from the School of Advanced Study are now open for applications: Being Human Festival 2026 and the Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities’ new Collaboration and Innovation Grant.

Go to bit.ly/3ZoolUq for details on how to apply
February 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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A last handful of tickets has become available for tonight's RHS/GHIL Lecture given by Vinita Damodaran (@sussex.ac.uk)!

Secure yours now: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...

#skystorians #globalhistory #naturalhistory
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Join us on Tuesday 10 February for the 2026 Global History Lecture, hosted in partnership with @ghilondon.bsky.social

Prof. Vinita Damodaran will speak on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire' bit.ly/4qLCaYB

Booking for in-person & online attendance is now open #Skystorians
2026 Global History Lecture, with the German Historical Institute, London - RHS
On Tuesday 10 February, the Society hosts its annual Global History Lecture, in partnership with the German Historical Institute, London. This year we are delighted to welcome Professor Vinita Damodar...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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We have more Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) workshops coming up!

Join staff at The London Archives for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgrad students and researchers make the most of archival collections.

📍 The London Archives
📅 1 April + 3 June
🕛️ 1-4:30pm
Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) Workshop
Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgraduate students and researchers make the most of archival collections.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM