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: September-October 2025
‘Mars and Britannia: the British Imperial Way of Warfare’
Royal Historical Society Lecture, in-person and online
With Professor Yasmin Khan (Oxford) at Mary Ward House, 5-7 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 7SN
6.30pm, Friday 12 September 2025. Booking for in-person and online attendance at this event is now available.
‘Twice Removed: Slavery, Big Data, and the Cultures of Caribbean Ancestral Histories’
Public lecture as part of the Society’s visit to historians at the University of Aberdeen
With Professor Matthew J. Smith (UCL)
5.30pm, Wednesday 17 September 2025. Booking for this event is now available.
‘Unravelling the Tapestry of Death: Britain and the Memory of the Two World Wars’
Public lecture as part of the Society’s visit to historians at the University of Suffolk, Ipswich
With Professor Tim Grady (University of Chester)
5.30pm, Wednesday 22 October 2025. Booking for this event is now available.
Recent RHS Events: February to July 2025
These and previous RHS Lectures and events are available to watch or listen to again via the RHS Events Archive.
