{"id":52514,"date":"2026-05-05T18:14:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/?p=52514"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:32:55","slug":"applications-now-invited-for-the-societys-history-teaching-fellowships-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/applications-now-invited-for-the-societys-history-teaching-fellowships-2026-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications now invited for the Society&#8217;s history Teaching Fellowships, 2026-27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Historical Society&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/research_funding\/jinty-nelson-teaching-fellowships-2\/\"><strong> Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowships<\/strong><\/a> are awarded annually to support innovative practice in UK higher education. The Society is pleased to open the call for Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 and now invites applications before the closing date of Friday 10 July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Fellowships support historians in higher education who wish to introduce new approaches and initiatives to their teaching \u2014 and for which funding, <strong>at one of three levels (\u00a3500, \u00a31,000 and \u00a31,250 per award)<\/strong>, is required to make this possible.<\/p>\n<p>Fellowships may also support those seeking to undertake a short study of an aspect of history teaching in UK higher education: for example, within a department or more widely. Recipients for the current round are expected to undertake their project within the academic year 2026-27, with the Fellowship lasting for the duration of the project or period of study.<\/p>\n<p>Fellows also meet with members of the Society&#8217;s Council, including the Secretary for Education, during the year to discuss and develop their projects, and to share insights on history teaching.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026-27 Fellowships are open to current Fellows, Associate Fellows and Members of the Society who teach in higher education &#8212; either in the UK or internationally. The 2026-27 Fellowships are supported by the <strong>Scouloudi Foundation<\/strong>, to which the Society is very grateful, and are &#8212; as ever &#8212; named for Dame Jinty Nelson FBA (1942-2024), President of the Society between 2000 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this year&#8217;s call, eligibility, and how to submit an application, <a href=\"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/research_funding\/jinty-nelson-teaching-fellowships-2\/\">please see here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications for the Fellowship should be made, before the closing date of Friday 10 July, <a href=\"https:\/\/royalhistorical.smapply.io\/prog\/jinty_nelson_teaching_fellowships_application_portal\/\">via the Society&#8217;s applications portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Established in 2023, recent recipients of Teaching Fellowships include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Natalya Chernyshova<\/span> (Queen Mary, University of London), <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.royalhistsoc.org\/2024\/01\/30\/teaching-soviet-history-from-the-borderlands-a-case-study-of-belarus-and-ukraine\/\">\u2018Teaching Soviet History from the Borderlands: A Case Study of Belarus and Ukraine\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">David Clayton and Henrice Altink<\/span> (York), <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.royalhistsoc.org\/2025\/07\/16\/piloting-responsible-and-effective-use-of-generative-ai-in-undergraduate-history-teaching\/\">\u2018Piloting Responsible and Effective Use of Generative AI in Undergraduate History Teaching\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Jody Crutchley<\/span> (Liverpool Hope), \u2018Using Interactive LED Wall Technology and VR to Teach the History of Settler Colonialism\u2019<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Laura Harrison<\/span> (University of the West of England),<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.royalhistsoc.org\/2024\/09\/05\/history-and-sustainability-learning-together-with-ict-students\/\"> \u2018History and Sustainability: Learning together with ICT Students\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Linsey Hunter<\/span> (University of the Highlands and Islands), \u2018Student-led Co-design of Undergraduate History Modules at the University of the Highlands and Islands\u2019<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Jason Lee<\/span> (De Montfort), \u2018Teaching Tool to address the Historical Dimension of Conspiracy Theories, using MOOCS\u2019<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Lowri Ann Rees<\/span> (Bangor),<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.royalhistsoc.org\/2025\/11\/27\/innovative-approaches-in-teaching-welsh-history\/\"> \u2018Innovative Approaches in Teaching Welsh History\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Karen Smyth<\/span> (UEA), <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.royalhistsoc.org\/2025\/09\/07\/teaching-medieval-heritage-trails-as-a-creative-health-intervention\/\">\u2018Teaching Medieval Heritage Trails as a Creative Health Intervention\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">David Stack<\/span> (Reading), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/transactions-of-the-royal-historical-society\/article\/promoting-wellbeing-through-history-teaching\/BAA8C48206FCA0F442D18E5F0FA7CE6A\">\u2018Promoting Wellbeing Through History Teaching\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Historical Society&#8217;s Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowships are awarded annually to support innovative practice in UK higher education. The Society is pleased to open the call for Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 and now invites applications before the closing date of Friday 10 July 2026. Fellowships support historians in higher education who wish <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/applications-now-invited-for-the-societys-history-teaching-fellowships-2026-27\/\">&#8230;Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20210,"featured_media":52522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-home"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52514"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52540,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52514\/revisions\/52540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}