The Royal Historical Society runs a varied programme of events, including lectures panel discussions, conferences and training workshops. Below you’ll find details of our next events. We also make available video and audio recordings of many previous events. A selection of our events are reserved for Fellows and Members of the Society.
In addition, the Society provides a listing of history-focused events across the UK. Regular updates of new events are emailed to Fellows and Members of the Society.
Royal Historical Society Events Programme: 2025
Forthcoming events: April and May 2025
‘Writing Together: Co-production and Collaboration with Fellow Historians’: part 1 of our new series ‘Writing Well’.
The first session in a new occasional series of events, in 2025, for historians interested in the practice and art of writing. We begin with ‘Writing Together’ hosted by Professor Paul Readman (King’s College, London) and Dr Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin (Cardiff).
1-2pm, Monday 28 April 2025
This event is reserved for Fellows and Members of the Society. Booking for this online event is now open.
‘Remembering Rebellion in the Tudor South West’
RHS lecture with Professor Mark Stoyle (University of Southampton)
6.30pm BST, Friday 2 May 2025, in-person at Mary Ward House, London, WC1H 9SN and online.
Booking to attend this lecture, in-person or online is now available.
‘Cultural Memory and the Two World Wars in Britain’
With Professor Lucy Noakes (University of Essex) and Professor Catriona Pennell (University of Exeter)
4.30pm BST, Wednesday 21 May 2025, in-person at Old Chapel Lecture Theatre, Cornwall Campus, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE
This public event is part of the Royal Historical Society’s visit to historians who teach, research, and study at the Cornwall Campus of the University of Exeter.
Booking to attend this in-person event is now available.
Recent RHS Events: November 2024 to February 2025
These and previous RHS Lectures and events are available to watch or listen to again via the RHS Events Archive.
