1. About this mentoring and workshop programme
This is a bespoke mentoring and workshop programme hosted by the Royal Historical Society (RHS) for early career historians of colour. The purpose of this programme is to provide guidance to early career historians of colour who are engaged in writing one of the first articles of their academic career.
This programme is one of several run by the Society for early career historians of colour. The call for the Society’s second annual programme, on CV writing, will be announced later in the year.
First Academic Articles will be limited to 10 participants. Applications to take part in the programme will be reviewed by the Royal Historical Society, according to the eligibility criteria (see 2. below), before places are offered to successful applicants. This programme is being led, on behalf of the Society’s Council, by Dr Rebekah Lee.
This programme has two parts.
Part One: Mentoring (one-to-one meetings held between 14 October and 14 November 2024)
- You will be assigned to a mentor with expertise in history and experience of publishing and reviewing journal articles. Your mentor will meet with you to discuss your draft article which they, and one other mentor, will have read in advance. The mentoring meeting will be a one-to-one (online) session to discuss your article and its development. This session will take place between 14 October and 14 November.
Part Two: Workshop (2pm-4pm, Friday 15 November 2024)
- Following the mentoring sessions, a group workshop will take place, online, on Friday 15 November 2024. This will consist of keynote presentations by selected speakers on the journal publication process, including guidance on journal selection, preparing your article, and responding to reviews. There will be time dedicated for questions, discussion and the sharing of experiences of article publishing.
2. Eligibility for this programme
Invitations are invited from early career historians of colour who are in the process of preparing a historical research article for publication in an academic journal. Applicants may have already published one article / book chapter / literature review and still be eligible to apply for the programme. Successful applicants must be able to provide mentors with a draft article in line with the timetable of the programme.
Draft articles must be ready for sending to mentors on or before Monday 2 September 2024. Suitable texts may either be a complete draft of the article or a 5000-8000 word version of the proposed article.
3. How to apply for a place on the programme
Places on this programme will be assigned following a review of applications and limited to 10 people.
Applications are via the Royal Historical Society’s application platform >
Applicants are asked to provide:
- a one-page academic CV
- a 300-word synopsis of a draft article
- confirmation that submission of a suitable article text will be available for sending to mentors on or before Monday 2 September 2024.
Please note that the application deadline for this programme is: Monday 17 June 2024. Applicants will be informed if they have received a place on the programme by: Friday 12 July 2024. Applicants who are unsuccessful on this occasion will also be notified of the outcome of their application.
Questions regarding this mentoring and workshop programme may be sent to: administration@royalhistsoc.org.