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: May to July 2025
‘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.
‘Refugee World(s): a Twentieth-Century Retrospective’
The 2025 RHS Prothero Lecture with Professor Peter Gatrell (University of Manchester)
6.30pm BST, Wednesday 2 July 2025, in-person at Mary Ward House, London, WC1H 9SN and online. The Prothero Lecture is followed by the Society’s annual summer party at Mary Ward House
Booking to attend this lecture, in-person or online, is now available. All welcome for both the lecture and party.
‘Writing an Introduction to a Scholarly Edition’: part 2 of our new series ‘Writing Well’.
The second session in a new occasional series of events, in 2025, for historians interested in the practice and art of writing. We continue with ‘Writing an Introduction to a Scholarly Edition’, hosted by Professor Siobhan Talbott (Keele, and co-editor of the RHS Camden Series) and Dr Kelsey Williams (Stirling, and editor of the Scottish History Society series).
1-2pm, Tuesday 22 July 2025 [please note change of date form original advert]
This event is reserved for Fellows and Members of the Society. Booking for this online event is now open.
Recent RHS Events: January to May 2025
These and previous RHS Lectures and events are available to watch or listen to again via the RHS Events Archive.
