Your Fellowship / Membership of the Royal Historical Society brings with it a number of benefits and offers. Our ‘Guide to Members’ (launched in 2025 and updated in November 2026) sets out these opportunities.
On this page we provide details of how Fellows and Members may access selected resources provided as part of your current membership of the Society. This includes access to the Society’s own publications (either free online or with significant reductions on the cost of print editions) and how to make use of the discounts offered to RHS Fellows and Members by selected publishers.
The following access and offers are made available only to current Fellows and Members of the Royal Historical Society.
If you have any questions relating to these offers, please email: [email protected].
1. Access to RHS publications
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (University of Cambridge Press)
Current volume
- Transactions is published once annually as a single volume. As a Fellow or Member of the Society*, you have the choice of receiving this volume either as an online edition or a print edition, available in both formats from late November of each year. *Postgraduate Members of the Society receive the online edition of Transactions by default.
- Those who are currently registered to receive a print copy of the journal will receive this directly from CUP, from late November, using the postal address we have for you in our records.
Transactions online archive (1872-2026)
- Your Fellowship / Membership of the Society also includes free access to the complete online archive of Transactions up to and including the current volume.
- New members of the Society will be sent an email by CUP (from ‘Journals Societies’) shortly after payment of your first subscription fee providing details of how to register and login to Transactions using an ID code specific to the Royal Historical Society and a code number unique to your individual membership.
- Existing members of the Society are sent each year a reminder email by CUP (from ‘Journals Societies’) providing you with the same information for your individual membership of the Society.
- To access the Transactions archive, first register with Cambridge Core, then having logged in, select the ‘My Societies’ tab and add the RHS ID code: ID 200022233 and your personal numerical code sent to you by CUP.
Camden Series of primary scholarly editions (University of Cambridge Press)
Latest volumes
- The Society publishes two or three volumes in its Camden Series each year. Print copies of new, and recent, volumes may be purchased by Fellows / Members of the Society at the discounted rate of £16 per volume.
- Fellows / Members wishing to purchase a Camden volume should email: [email protected], providing details of name, postal address, the volume/s they seek to purchase, and marking their message ‘Camden’.
Camden Series online archive (1838-2026)
- Your Fellowship / Membership of the Society also includes free access to the online archive of the 390+ volumes of the Camden Series up to and including the current volume.
- New members of the Society will be sent an email by CUP (from ‘Journals Societies’) shortly after payment of your first subscription fee providing details of how to register and login to the Camden Series using an ID code specific to the Royal Historical Society and a code number unique to your individual membership.
- Existing members of the Society are sent each year a reminder email by CUP (from ‘Journals Societies’) providing you with the same information for your individual membership of the Society.
- To access the Camden Series archive, first register with Cambridge Core, then having logged in, select the ‘My Societies’ tab and add the RHS ID code: ID 200022233 and your personal numerical code sent to you by CUP.
New Historical Perspectives book series (University of London Press)
- The Society’s book series, New Historical Perspectives, is published Open Access and in paperback print editions. Open Access editions are available as free pdf downloads and in a Manifold digital reader edition.
- Fellows / Members wishing to purchase print editions of NHP volumes may do so at a 30% discount via the University of London Press website (UK, EU and RoW) and University of Chicago Press website (North America) using the discount code: RHSNHP30
2. Access to discounts from selected publishers
Your Fellowship / Membership of the Royal Historical Society Society also includes discounts on purchases from the following partner organisations:
- 30% off all titles (online and print) published by University of Cambridge Press. This offer is via the CUP website and the discount code: RHS30
- 30% off all History titles (online and print) published by University of Oxford Press. This offer is via the OUP website and the discount code: WEBSOCRHS
- 30% off all titles (print) published by University of London Press. This offer is via the University of London Press website and the discount code: RHSNHP30
- Annual access to the Bibliography of British and Irish History (online), published by Brepols and the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. Individual subscriptions for 12 months (January to December) are available to Fellows / Members of the Society from £25 per person per year. Fellows / Members wishing to purchase a subscription to BBIH should email: [email protected], marking their message ‘BBIH’.
- 20% off subscriptions to History Today (online and print). Your Fellowship / membership of the Society gives you 20% discount on the print edition (£60 per annum, usually £75 full price); or 20% discount on online subscription to the archive of History Today (£56 per annum, usually £70 full price); or 20% discount on print and online subscription to History Today (£84 per annum, usually £105 full price). Fellows/ Members wishing to purchase a subscription in one of these formats to History Today may do so either on joining the Society (when the option is made available) or when renewing your membership (July each year, when the option is again presented to you).
3. Inclusion in the Society’s Members’ Directory
- The RHS Members’ Directory is an online listing of current Fellows / Members of the Royal Historical Society who choose to appear in this database. The Directory provides information about the research interests of Fellows / Members and is intended to foster networking between Fellows / Members.
- All current Fellows / Members of the Society may use the Directory, regardless of whether or not they are listed themselves.
- Details of how to access this resource, and how to add your details if you wish are provided on the front page of the Directory.
4. Membership of UCL Library
- Fellows of the Society are able to register for in-person use of the main library at University College London, where the Society has its office. Library membership enables attendance and use of the Library and in-person access to online resources.
- This offer is reserved for current Fellows of the Society only.
- To access this resource, please contact [email protected]
5. Guide for Members
Our ‘Guide for Members’ (first published in November 2025) provides further information on how the Society seeks to support you — in areas such as research funding, news and advocacy — as a Fellow or Member. A copy of the current version of the Guide is available below.
Download the ‘Guide for Members’ of the Royal Historical Society (pdf) >
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