Society awards eight Masters’ Scholarships to early career historians for 2024-25

30 September 2024

The Royal Historical Society is delighted to award its latest round of Masters’ Scholarships to the following eight students. Each student is now beginning a Masters’ degree in History for the academic year 2024-25:

  • Alana Assis, to study for an MPhil in African Studies at the University of Cambridge
  • Megan Barber, to study for an MA in History at the University of Winchester
  • Nicole Butler, to study for an MA in Social & Cultural History at the University of Leeds
  • Peter Eakin, to study for an MA in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Manchester
  • Darcy Gill, to study for an MA in History at Queen Mary University of London
  • Avin Houro, to study for an MSt in Global and Imperial History at the University of Oxford
  • Sophie Mattholie, to study for an MA in Public History at the University of York
  • Lucas Radford, to study for an MA in Maritime History at the University of Plymouth

The Masters’ Scholarship programme provides financial support to students from groups currently underrepresented in academic History. Each Scholarship is worth £5000.

The Society is very grateful to the Past & Present Society and the Scouloudi Foundation for their generous support of this year’s awards.

The scheme, established in 2022, seeks to actively address underrepresentation and encourage Black and Asian students to consider academic research in History. By supporting Masters’ students the programme focuses on a key early stage in the academic training of future researchers. With these Scholarships, the Society seeks to support students who are without the financial means to study for a Masters’ in History. By doing so, we hope to improve the educational experience of early career historians engaged in a further degree.

We will be keeping in touch with this year’s recipients as their studies progress and wish them well.

Supporting Masters’ Scholarships: future rounds

The Society seeks to offer as many Scholarships as we can to talented eligible early career historians.

If you or your organisation would like to help us support additional Masters’ Scholarships in future rounds, please email president@royalhistsoc.org to discuss options with the Society’s President, Professor Emma Griffin.