{"id":49687,"date":"2025-11-05T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/?page_id=49687"},"modified":"2026-03-17T06:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:31:56","slug":"strategy-2026-2028","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/strategy-2026-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategy 2026-2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2025, the Royal Historical Society launched its new <a href=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17143155\/RHS_Strategy_2026-28_Final_November-2025.pdf\"><strong>Strategy<\/strong> <strong>2026-2028<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How the Society supports history and historians is closely shaped by the environment in which we work. Our new strategy, which outlines the key aims and priorities of the Royal Historical Society over the next three years, appears at a time of considerable instability, disruption and uncertainty in the professional lives of many of our members, and especially those who teach and research in higher education in the UK and worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Our five strategic goals, from 2026 on, recognise both the turbulence and precarity which many historians now face, as well as the public popularity, potential and value of history. The priorities and initiatives proposed here enable the Society to better support the historical discipline and profession\u2014to respond effectively to these pressures and opportunities where needs are greatest.<\/p>\n<p>In identifying our strategic priorities, we have engaged in many conversations: with current and former Councillors, partner organisations, history practitioners, and\u2014above all\u2014with our Fellows and Members.<\/p>\n<p>With this <a href=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17143155\/RHS_Strategy_2026-28_Final_November-2025.pdf\"><strong>strategy<\/strong><\/a>, we seek to offer a working document that results in tangible, positive developments in the Society\u2019s contribution to historical research and practice, and discernible benefits for our membership, historians more widely, and the discipline. We therefore intend the five strategic goals to be accompanied by sustained actions and new initiatives, and that these take account of the interests and priorities of the Society\u2019s membership and the wider historical profession.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17143155\/RHS_Strategy_2026-28_Final_November-2025.pdf\">Download the Strategy 2026-2028 of the Royal Historical Society (pdf) &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/royalhistsoc\/docs\/rhs_strategy_2026-28_final_november_2025?fr=sMDU3Yjg5MDUxMTE\"><strong>View the Strategy 2026-2028 as a flipbook &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-top: max(60%,326px); height: 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23e5e5e5&amp;backgroundColorFullscreen=%23e5e5e5&amp;d=rhs_strategy_2026-28_final_november_2025&amp;themeMainColor=%231a1a1a&amp;themeSecondaryColor=%23ffffff&amp;u=royalhistsoc\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2025, the Royal Historical Society launched its new Strategy 2026-2028. 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