The Society is pleased to launch a new programme for researchers, in partnership with The Social History Archive, published by DC Thomson. The Social History Archive is a comprehensive online archive ...

Satirical candidates are part of a longstanding tradition in British politics.

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General Synod hears that Project Spire has not been abandoned but staff have received ‘vile abuse’ from critics

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Job title: Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877), Employer: University of Agder, Deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Caricom Reparations Commission’s Hilary Beckles explains how it will help address the ‘residual legacy of slavery’

Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go

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He embodied a special brand of multiple identities and belief systems, and took them to the world.

Madge Dresser argues that statues of slave traders, such as Edward Colston, often served complex local and civic objectives, which were inextricable from historical processes which silenced the voices...

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Volume 54, Issue 3 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Pope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery. Leo’s own family history includes both enslaved people and slave owners.

Music, like every other aspect of the indigenous cultures encountered by British colonialists, was subjected to interpretations based on imperial racial hierarchies. Modes of understanding and anal...

The following is a joint statement from the Historical Association, History UK, Institute of Historical Research, and the Royal Historical Society following the most recent meeting of this quartet of ...

Each year the Society awards Scholarships to support students who will study for a Master's degree in history at a UK university. Master's Scholarships, each of £5000, seek to support students from gr...