In 2023, the Society introduced an ‘RHS Conversations’ series to its annual programme of training events and professional engagement.
Conversations are themed series which enable members of the Society to come together, online, to discuss topics of relevance to the profession today. RHS Conversations seek to be supportive and informal sessions in which participants share and learn from their experience of working at historians. Conversations are hosted by members of the Society’s Council and led by its Secretary for Professional Engagement.
2023: ‘Conversations for Mid-Career Historians’
In 2023, the Society held a series of five meetings (February to November) to discuss topics of particular relevance for historians at mid-career. Individual meetings considered:
- ‘Being a mid-career historian in a non-History department’
- ‘Embarking on a new research project at mid-career’
- ‘Becoming a mentor for departmental colleagues’
- ‘Engaging with other disciplines in your research and teaching’
- Undertaking and Understanding Public History and Impact’
You can read more about this series in the Society’s 2022 Annual Newsletter, here.
2024: ‘Doing History in Public’
In 2024, the Society held a Conversation series to consider the opportunities and challenges of undertaking and communicating historical research outside higher education. This series brought together historians with specialists in fields such as museums, archives, trade publishing and the media. Individual meetings considered:
- Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums
- Print (media & wider publishing)
- Broadcast (visual & audio, scripted & live)
You can read more about this series in the Society’s 2024 Annual Newsletter (pp. 13-15), here.
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