New events will be added to this programme as the year progresses; please check back for updates which will also be announced via social media.
Thursday 12 January 2023 at 5.30 pm
Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck)
‘Plague and Poverty in Early Modern London’
RHS Sponsored Lecture, at the University of Roehampton
Friday 3 February 2023 at 5.00 pm
Sarah Badcock (Nottingham)
‘Waiting to Die? Life for Elderly People in Late Imperial Russian Villages’
RHS Lecture, Online
Friday 21 February 2023 at 2.00 pm
‘Mid-Career Conversations for Historians’ (1 of 5): ‘Being a Mid-Career Historian in Non-History Department’
With Julian Wright (RHS Secretary for Professional Engagement and Northumbria)
RHS Online Series (reserved for mid-career Fellows and members of the Royal Historical Society)
This is a set of five mid-career ‘Conversations’, covering different subject areas, taking place during 2023.
Wednesday 29 March 2023, 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
‘Collecting Communities: Working Together and with Collections’
History and Archives in Practice, 2023
New annual event, in association with The National Archives and Institute of Historical Research
Conference, at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London
Thursday 20 April 2023 at 11.00 am
‘Mid-Career Conversations for Historians’ (2 of 5): ‘Embarking on a New Research project at Mid-Career’
With Julian Wright (RHS Secretary for Professional Engagement and Northumbria)
RHS Online Series (reserved for mid-career Fellows and members of the Royal Historical Society)
Thursday 27 April 2023 at 12.45 pm
‘History and Archives in Practice, 2: Video Presenters’ Panel’
Panellists: Sarah Aitchison (UCL), Holly Brewer (Maryland), Michelle Crowther (Canterbury Christ Church), Nick Evans (Hull), Helen Newell (Edge Hill) and Andrew Smith (Queen Mary, London)
Online Panel Discussion, with The National Archives and Institute of Historical Research
Friday 5 May 2023 at 5.00 pm
Joanna Story (Leicester)
‘Script, Scribes and Scholars: Anglo-Saxon Influence in Charlemagne’s Francia’
RHS Lecture, at University College London and Online
Tuesday 16 May 2023 at 6.30 pm
Serhii Plokhy (Harvard), in conversation with Richard J. Evans
‘The Russo-Ukrainian War’
Online Event on publication of Serhii Plokhy’s new book
Wednesday 17 May 2023 at 5.00 pm
Rosemary Sweet (Leicester)
‘British encounters with Spain’s Muslim past, c.1760-1820’
RHS Sponsored Lecture, at the University of Northampton and Online. Part of the Society’s visit to historians at Northampton
Tuesday 23 May 2023 at 5.00 pm
‘Digital History and Collaborative Research: a Practitioners’ Roundtable’
Panellists: Daniel Edelstein (Stanford University), Maryanne Kowaleski (Fordham), Jon Lawrence (Exeter), Katrina Navickas (Hertfordshire) and Ruth Ahnert (Queen Mary London, chair)
Online Panel Discussion
Tuesday 13 June 2023 at 5.00 pm
‘Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery: Debates, Legacies and New Directions for Research’
Panellists: Heather Cateau (University of the West Indies), Stephen Mullen (Glasgow), Harvey Neptune (Temple PA), Meleisa Ono-George (Oxford) and Matthew J. Smith (UCL, chair)
Online Panel Discussion
Friday 16 June 2023 at 11.00 am
‘Mid-Career Conversations for Historians’ (3 of 5): ‘Becoming a mentor for departmental colleagues’
With Julian Wright (RHS Secretary for Professional Engagement and Northumbria)
RHS Online Series (reserved for mid-career Fellows and members of the Royal Historical Society)
Wednesday 21 June 2023 at 2.00 pm
Tom Almeroth-Williams (Cambridge)
‘Your Research and the Media: An Introduction and Guide for Historians’
RHS Training Workshop, Online (reserved for members of the Royal Historical Society)
Wednesday 5 July 2023 at 5.00 pm
The RHS Prothero Lecture: Brenda Stevenson (Oxford)
‘To Do and Be Undone: Enslaved Black Life, Courtship, and Marriage in the Antebellum South’
At University College London and Online
Tuesday 18 July 2023 at 2.00 pm
‘Scholarly Editing for Historians: an Introduction and Guide to Working with Primary Texts’
Speakers: Richard Gaunt (Nottingham, and Editor for the RHS Camden Series), Siobhan Talbott (Keele, and Editor for the RHS Camden Series), Jayne Gifford (UEA and recent Camden editor) and Daniel Patterson (Independent Scholar and recent Camden editor)
Online Workshop
Monday 11 September 2023 at 5.00 pm
William Pettigrew (Lancaster)
‘The Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved African People and the Emergence of New Relationships between State and Commerce in Restoration in England’
RHS Sponsored Lecture, at the Universities of Canterbury Christ Church and Kent. Part of the Society’s visit to historians at Kent and Canterbury Christ Church
Friday 15 September 2023 at 5.00 pm
John Gallagher (Leeds)
‘Migrant Voices in the Multilingual City’
RHS Lecture, at University College London and Online
Monday 18 September 2023 at 5.00 pm
Lucy Noakes (Essex)
‘In memory of my Great Grandfather and his infant son’: Histories, Communities and Feelings in the Centenary of the First World War’
RHS Sponsored Lecture, at the University of the Highlands and Islands. Part of the Society’s visit to historians at the University of Highlands and Islands
Friday 22 September 2023 at 3.00 pm
‘Mid-Career Conversations for Historians’ (4 of 5): ‘Engaging with other disciplines in your research and teaching’
With Julian Wright (RHS Secretary for Professional Engagement and Northumbria)
RHS Online Series (reserved for mid-career Fellows and members of the Royal Historical Society)
Friday 22 September 2023 at 3.00 pm
‘Applying for an Academic Job: Workshop for ECR Historians of Colour‘
Online Workshop
Wednesday 11 October 2023 at 11.00 am
History and Archives in Practice: Archivists of History
Online event with The National Archives and Institute of Historical Research
Monday 16 October 2023 at 5.00 pm
Elaine Farrell (Queen’s University Belfast) and Leanne McCormick (Ulster University)
‘Naming and Shaming? Telling Bad Bridget Stories’
RHS Sponsored Lecture, at the University of Hertfordshire. Part of the Society’s visit to historians at the University of Hertfordshire.
Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 5.00 pm
Tuesday 7 November 2023 at 6.00 pm
The RHS Public History Lecture: Tom Holland
‘“There is always another one walking beside you”: Pilgrimages, Pandemics and the Past’
In association with Gresham College, London
Friday 17 November 2023 at 2.00 pm
‘Mid-Career Conversations for Historians’ (5 of 5): ‘Undertaking and Understanding Public History and Impact’
With Olwen Purdue (Professor of History and Director of the Centre for Public History, Queen’s University, Belfast)
RHS Online Series (reserved for mid-career Fellows and members of the Royal Historical Society)
Friday 24 November 2023 at 6.00pm
RHS Presidential Address: Emma Griffin
‘European Exploration, Empires, and the Making of the Modern World’
Preceded by the Society’s Anniversary Meeting (AGM)
Mary Ward House, Bloomsbury, London, and Online