{"id":51481,"date":"2026-03-06T06:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T06:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/?p=51481"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:56:05","slug":"forthcoming-society-events-in-warwick-aberystwyth-and-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/forthcoming-society-events-in-warwick-aberystwyth-and-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"Forthcoming Society events in Warwick, Aberystwyth and Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are pleased to announce that the Society’s next three public events take place at locations across the UK.<\/p>\n

Booking is now open for in-person attendance at our forthcoming lectures:<\/p>\n

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‘The Haunting at the Rectory: Ghost Stories and Women\u2019s Lives in Early Modern England’<\/a>, with Professor Sasha Handley <\/strong>(University of Manchester) on Friday 1 May<\/strong>. Sasha’s lecture is part of the Society’s visit to the University of Warwick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Booking for in-person<\/a> and online\u00a0attendance<\/a> is now available.<\/p>\n

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‘Black\/Beautiful: Meanings of Blackness in a Biblical Verse’<\/strong><\/a>, with Professor Miri Rubin<\/strong> (QMUL) at 6pm on Wednesday 13 May<\/strong>. Miri’s lecture is part of the Society’s visit to historians at Aberystwyth University<\/strong> and the National Library of Wales<\/strong>. Booking for in-person attendance is now available<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lectures are open to all and we welcome especially Fellows and Members of the Society from the region. Both events will be followed by a reception and chance to meet the Society’s President, Professor Lucy Noakes, and members of the RHS Council.<\/p>\n

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On 16 April, the Society will be in Sheffield for its annual day conference, ‘History and Archives in Practice’<\/a><\/strong>, which is co-hosted with The National Archives and the Institute of Historical Research. HAP26 is organised with a fourth partner, the University Sheffield Library.<\/p>\n

HAP26 takes as its theme \u2018Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research\u2019<\/strong><\/a>. This event is now fully booked.<\/p>\n

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Events at Warwick, Aberystwyth and Sheffield are part of the Society’s programme — as set out in its Strategy, 2026-28<\/strong><\/a> — to ‘extend the activities the Society hosts beyond its London base, to ensure we better reflect and engage with the Society\u2019s UK and international membership.’<\/p>\n

Later this year, Society lectures will take place in Glasgow and Bristol. Recent events (2025-26) include public lectures in Penryn, Cornwall<\/a>, Aberdeen<\/a>, Ipswich<\/a> and Sheffield<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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IMAGE HEADER: Aberystwyth from Constitution Hill, postcard, c. 1910<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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