Events Archive

New to Teaching History 2022: An Interactive Workshop

New to Teaching History 2022: An Interactive Workshop, 14-15 September 2022

 

 

In September 2022 the Royal Historical Society, in partnership with History UK, organised an interactive workshop hosted by Professor Jamie Wood (Lincoln). This workshop aimed to open discussions on the challenges and opportunities of teaching History at UK universities, and provide higher education teachers with effective pedagogical skills and techniques.

This workshop consisted of eight sessions of 45-50 minutes each, where experienced historians specialising in innovative pedagogy introduced and discussed approaches to History teaching.

Each presentation was designed for those new to or who’ve recently begun History teaching in Higher Education. Topics include writing and presenting a History lecture; working in large and small seminar groups; teaching online; teaching creatively; and providing constructive assessment to students.


The eight presentations are now available as videos, click for more information

Speakers:

  • Peter D’Sena (Hertfordshire) – ‘Decoding the Discipline’
  • Max Jones (Manchester) – ‘The History Lecture’
  • Jon Coburn (Lincoln) – ‘Small Group Teaching in History’
  • Katie Carpenter (Leeds) – ‘Online Teaching in History’
  • Michael Barany (Edinburgh) – ‘Module design and delivery: challenges and opportunities’
  • Lucie Matthews-Jones (Liverpool John Moores) – ‘Creativity in History Curricula’
  • Jon Chandler (UCL) – ‘Coordinating Large Classes in History’
  • Sarah Holland (Nottingham) – ‘Assessment and Feedback in History’

 

‘Working with History outside Higher Education: a Guide to Professions beyond Academia’

RHS online workshop for Early Career Historians, 14 July 2022

 

 

The fourth in a new RHS series of training workshops for early career historians.

The focus of this latest event (held on 14 July 2022) was ‘Working with History outside Higher Education: a Guide to Professions beyond Academia’: with our panellists, Dr Tracy Borman (Chief Curator, Historic Royal Palaces), Emily Gee (Director, South-East, Historic England), Dr Hannah Ishmael (Collections and Research Manager, Black Cultural Archives), Dr Kate Wiles (Senior Editor, History Today), and Professor Emma Griffin (UEA and RHS President), chair.

 

 

RHS Prothero Lecture, 2022

The Gaiety Girl and the Matinee Idol

Constructing Celebrity and Sexuality in the West End of London, 1880-1914

 

 

Professor Rohan McWilliam

(Anglia Ruskin University)

 

RHS Prothero Lecture, 6 July 2022

delivered at University College London and online

 

Full Details and Abstract

 

Watch the Lecture

 

Applying and Interviewing for your First History Lectureship

RHS online workshop for Early Career Historians, 8 March 2022

 

 

The third in a new RHS series of training workshops for early career historians.

The focus of this latest event (held on 8 March 2022) was ‘Applying and Interviewing for your First History Lectureship’: with our panellists, Professor Elaine Chalus (Liverpool), Professor Julian Wright (Northumbria), Dr Matthew Johnson (Durham) and Professor Emma Griffin (UEA and RHS President), chair.

 

 

Creating Public History: a Guide to Co-production and Community Engagement

RHS online workshop for Early Career Historians, 7 December 2021

 

 

The next in a new RHS series of training workshops for early career historians.

The focus of this latest event (held on 7 December 2021) was ‘Creating Public History’: with our panellists, Professor Catherine Clarke, Dr Sara Huws and Amy Todd: three specialists in the co-production and community engagement in history.