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- ISSN: 0080-4401 (Print), 1474-0648 (Online)
- Editors: Dr Jan Machielsen Cardiff University, UK, and Professor Paul Readman King's College London, UK
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The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is the flagship journal of the Royal Historical Society, the UK's leading membership organisation for professional historians of all kinds. Founded in 1872, Transactions has been publishing the highest quality scholarship for 150 years. Today, this open access journal welcomes submissions dealing with any geographical area from the early middle ages to the very recent past. The Editors are also interested in content, in a range of formats, that covers entirely new ground, thematically or methodologically, as well as articles engaging critically with established themes in existing literatures. For more on Transactions, please see the Royal Historical Society website.
Latest Content
The following are the eight most recently published research and comment articles, which are also available on FirstView.
RHS Publications | Historical Transactions
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Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain
- 16 April 2026,
- In this post, Rowan Thompson introduces his new book — 'Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire'...
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Lord Palmerston and Tiverton: Politics, Celebrity and Memory in Victorian Britain
- 11 February 2026,
- In this post, Frederick Hyde introduces his new article, 'Lord Palmerston and Tiverton: Politics, Celebrity and Memory in Victorian Britain', published this...
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A Collector Collected: the Journals of William Upcott, 1803-1823
- 18 November 2025,
- In this post Mark Philp, Aysuda Aykan and Curtis Leung introduce their new volume in the Royal Historical Society’s Camden Series, 'A Collector Collected: The...
Royal Historical Society blog
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Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain
- 16 April 2026,
- In this post, Rowan Thompson introduces his new book — 'Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire'...
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When it comes to archival research, nationality and nation-state matter
- 13 March 2026,
- In this post, Jeremy Goh — a PhD student from the University of Warwick — comments on his recent experience of archival work in China. As Jeremy suggests,...
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New resources for teaching slavery: connecting academic history and the classroom
- 17 February 2026,
- In this post we hear from historians involved in the creation of two new resources, launched in late 2025, to support the teaching of slavery in schools. In...
History blog
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“Danke, Amerika!?” Gratitude and German-American Relations under Trump 2.0
- 10 April 2026,
- In June 2025, German foreign minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) gave a keynote speech at the annual dinner of the Arthur F.…
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Manhood, Money and Survival: Rethinking Child Soldiers in Somalia
- 08 April 2026,
- Why understanding contemporary youth militancy demands history Al-Shabaab fighters patrolling Afgooye-Mogadishu road (2025) In civil war-era Somalia in the early 1990s, global media headlines about ‘stoned teenagers’ cruising Mogadishu on jeeps mounted with machine guns became synonymous with the construction of Somalia as a ‘chaotic African country’ in which one could be killed for nothing more than ‘the clothes on your back’ (New York Times, 1992).…...
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The One Where Joey Meets Marcel Mauss: Theories of Giving, Receiving and Gratitude
- 02 April 2026,
- “Joey: Anyway, I started on what I’m gonna say for the ceremony. You want to hear it? Monica: Yeah. Joey: Listen, this is just the first draft, so… “We gathered here today on this joyous occasion to celebrate the special love that Monica and Chandler share” Eh?…...