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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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What’s the value of a History PhD? A view from business and industry
- 13 June 2026,
- In this post we hear from Dr Richard Marks, a former business analyst who, having completed a PhD in 2024, now works as an independent historical researcher...
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Royal Historical Society Early Career Article Prize, 2026 – Shortlisted Titles
- 18 May 2026,
- The Royal Historical Society's Early Career Article Prize 2026 recognises the scholarly contribution and quality of journal articles published in 2025. This...
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Royal Historical Society First Book Prize, 2026 – Shortlisted Titles
- 18 May 2026,
- The Royal Historical Society's First Book Prize 2026 recognises the scholarly contribution and quality of history monographs published in 2025. This year's...
History blog
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Author Q&A: Merry Wiesner-Hanks on A Concise History of the World 2nd ed.
- 12 May 2026,
- Read Merry Wiesner Hanks' Q&A on the new edition of A Concise History of the World, her social and cultural world history from the Pleistocene to Putin....
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The Secret Life of 1930s Australian Boardrooms: Why the “Managers” Weren’t Really in Charge
- 11 May 2026,
- In the classic story of modern capitalism, ownership and control separate as companies grow. Shareholders provide the capital, while professional managers run...
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Drawing the “Enemies” of Empire: Lebanese Migrants and the Boundaries of Frenchness in Postwar Senegal
- 08 May 2026,
- On the cover of a 1950s issue of Les Échos d’Afrique Noire, readers encountered a striking visual prophecy. A fakir—invoking a deeply racialized colonial imaginary—reveals...