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New events will be added to this programme as the year progresses; please check back for updates which will also be announced via\u00a0social media<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Friday 6 February 2026 at 6.00 pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Charles West<\/strong> (University of Edinburgh)
\n‘\u2018\u2018Alike in Appearance but not in Scope\u201d: Queens and the Making of <\/strong>Medieval<\/strong> Europe’<\/strong><\/a>
\nRHS Lecture, at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, London, and Online<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tuesday 10 February 2026 at 5.30 pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Vinita Damodaran <\/strong>(University of Sussex)
\n‘Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire’<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/b>Joint Royal Historical Society-German Historical Institute London Lecture, at Mary Ward House, London and Online<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thursday 18 February 2026 at 5.45 pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

David Stack<\/strong><\/b> (University of Reading)
\n‘Well-being: a Historian’s Perspective’<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/b><\/b>Part of the Society\u2019s visit to historians at Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield
\nRHS Lecture, Sheffield Hallam University<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

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Thursday 26 March 2026 at 12.30 pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

‘Historical Context: Modern Iran’<\/b><\/a>
\nPanel discussion<\/i>\u00a0in a new occasional series, ‘Historical Context’. With speakers Professor Maziyar Ghiabi <\/strong>(University of Exeter), Dr Louise Kettle<\/strong> (University of Nottingham) and Dr Johan\u00a0Franz\u00e9n.<\/strong><\/em>
\nOnline Webinar<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thursday 26 March 2026 at 2.00 pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

‘After December’s Restart, What Next for REF2029 and for History?’<\/b>\u00a0<\/em><\/span>
\nAn online meeting for Directors of Research \/ REF Leads for the History Unit of Assessment<\/i><\/p>\n

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Thursday 16 April 2026, 10.00 am \u2013 5.00 pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\u2018Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

History and Archives in Practice, 2026
\n<\/strong>Annual event in association with The National Archives and the Institute of Historical Research<\/em><\/p>\n

Conference, University of Sheffield<\/em><\/p>\n

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Friday 1 May 2026 at 5.30 pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Sasha Handley<\/strong> (University of Manchester)
\n\u2018\u2018The Haunting at the Rectory: Ghost Stories and Women\u2019s Lives in Early Modern England’<\/a>
\n<\/strong>RHS Lecture, University of Warwick<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wednesday 13 May 2026 at 6.00pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Professor Miri Rubin<\/strong> (Queen Mary, University of London)
\n‘Black\/Beautiful: Meanings of Blackness in a Biblical Verse’<\/strong><\/a>
\nPart of the Society’s visit to historians at Aberystwyth University.<\/em>
\nRHS Lecture, Aberystwyth University<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thursday 11 June 2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n

UK Historical Societies, annual network meeting<\/b><\/span>
\nInstitute of Historical Research, London<\/em><\/p>\n

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Friday 12 June 2026 at 1.00 pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

‘Historical Context: Labour in Crisis?’<\/b><\/a>
\nPanel discussion<\/i> in a new occasional series, ‘Historical Context’. With speakers <\/em>Dr Lise Butler<\/strong>\u00a0(City St George\u2019s),\u00a0Professor Glen O\u2019Hara<\/strong>\u00a0(Oxford Brookes),\u00a0Professor Rohan McWilliam<\/strong>\u00a0(Anglia Ruskin) and\u00a0Professor Emily Robinson<\/strong>\u00a0(Sussex).
\nOnline Webinar<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wednesday<\/strong> 1 July 2026 at 6.00 pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The RHS Prothero Lecture: Rebecca Earle<\/strong> (University of Warwick)
\n‘The Last Voyage of the Santiago: A Ship and its World in the Age of Revolution’<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/strong>In-person and Online: Mary Ward House, Tavistock Place, London<\/em><\/p>\n

followed by the Society’s Summer Party, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Friday 25 September 2026 at 6.00 pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Glen O’Hara<\/b> (Oxford Brookes University)
\n‘In All Our Footsteps: Rights of Way and Access to the Land in England and Wales since 1949’<\/span>
\n<\/strong>RHS Lecture, at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, London, and Online<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wednesday 7 October 2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Society’s visit to historians at the University of Strathclyde, with guest public lecture by Meleisa Ono-George<\/strong> (University of Oxford), Title tbc<\/p>\n

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Tuesday 3 November 2026 at 6.00pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

2026 RHS Public History Lecture: Sathnam Sanghera
\n<\/strong>‘What History is NOT’<\/span>
\n<\/strong>In association with Gresham College, London<\/em><\/p>\n

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Friday 27 November 2026 at 6.00pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

2026 RHS Anniversary Lecture: Hanna Diamond<\/span><\/strong> (Cardiff University)<\/span>
\n<\/strong>‘From Cabaret Star to Gaullist Spy: Josephine Baker\u2019s Secret War\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Preceded by the Society\u2019s\u00a0Anniversary Meeting (AGM)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Friday 4 December 2026 at 4.00pm<\/strong><\/h5>\n

2026 RHS International Fellows’ Lecture: Amy Froide (University of Maryland)<\/strong>
\n‘The Charitable Corporation Scandal of 1732 and the Female Shareholders who stood up to Financial Fraud<\/span>‘<\/span><\/strong>
\nOnline and in association with the Economic History Society<\/em><\/p>\n

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December 2026, date to be confirmed<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Society’s visit to historians at the University of the West of England and the University of Bristol, with guest public lecture.<\/p>\n

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