The Royal Historical Society has long provided training and support, especially for post-graduate researchers and historians at the start of their career.
Since 2022-23, we have dedicated greater attention to providing advice, guidance and networking opportunities for historians at all career stages. These activities are led by Professor Matthias Neumann, the Society’s Secretary for Professional Engagement and a member of the RHS Council.
Training Workshops for Professional Development
The Society’s events programme includes a regular series of training workshops looking at specific aspects of careers in History. Recent activities, all of which are available to watch again via our Events Archive, include:
2024
- ‘Doing History in Public’: a programme of three consultative conversations between historians and specialists in field such as museums, archives and broadcasting to discuss the history in Galleries, Libraries Archives and Museums (GLAM sector), trade publishing, and print and broadcast media (April to September 2024)
- ‘Getting Published: A Guide to Monograph Publishing for Early Career Historians’ (June 2024)
- ‘Podcasting History: An Introduction and Guide’ (April 2024)
2023
- ‘Mid-Career Conversations for Historians’: a programme of five meetings to discuss topics of relevance to historians at mid-career (February to November 2023)
- ‘Writing and Publishing Trade History’, with Yale University Press (October 2023)
- ‘Scholarly Editing for Historians: an Introduction and Guide to Working with Primary Texts’ (July 2023)
- ‘Your Research and the Media: an Introduction and Guide for Historians’ (June 2023)
- ‘Digital History and Collaborative Research: a Practitioners’ Roundtable’ (May 2023)
2021-22
- ‘Working with History outside Higher Education: a Guide to Professions beyond Academia’ (July 2022)
- ‘Applying for your First Job: a Guide to Preparing & Interviewing for a History Teaching Post’ (March 2022)
- ‘Creating Public History: a Guide to Co-production and Community Engagement’ (December 2021)
- ‘Getting Published: a Guide to First Articles and Journal Publishing’ (July 2021)
HEADER IMAGE: Plaque depicting a pottery workshop, ca. 1882, R. W. Martin and Brothers, Southall, London. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, public domain