Mid-Career Conversations for Historians, Session 1: 'Being a mid-career historian in a non-History department'

2pm GMT, Friday 24 February 2023, online - please note the revised date / time for this first Conversation

The Royal Historical Society is pleased to announce a new series of informal, discussion-based events for historians at mid-career. Please note: this event and the wider series are reserved for those who are current members of the Royal Historical Society.

The new series -- 'Mid-Career Conversations for Historians' -- is an opportunity for historians in UK HE to meet and discuss topics of particular relevance to them at mid-career.

The first Conversation now takes place at 2pm, Friday 24 February 2023, on the theme of 'Being a mid-career historian in a non-History department'. In this session we welcome historians at UK HEIs working outside History departments to meet to discuss their experience and approach to research, teaching and engagement.

As with all Conversations, the subjects discussed are brought by the attendees. However, possible topics for discussion in this particular session may include:

starting new projects in non-History research networks;
managing departmental requirements as a historian in a non-History department, e.g. publishing and REF;
working with other historians colleagues in one's own institution; networking and keeping informed of developments within History;
taking on roles to support the discipline, e.g. journal editing.

'Conversations' will be limited to c.15 mid-career historians per session, to enable everyone to speak and exchange experience and ideas. As well as registering, please let us know any topics, questions or concerns you'd like to raise and discuss at the first Conversation: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NYQX6YW

The size of each Conversation means it may not be possible to offer places to all those who wish to attend. We will confirm attendance by Friday 10 February 2023 at the latest. We also seek to cater for those unable to attend at subsequent 'Mid-Career Conversations' which we'll be hosting through the year.

This and subsequent Conversations will be hosted by Professor Julian Wright, the Royal Historical Society's Secretary for Professional Engagement, who'll be joined by members of the RHS Council with direct experience of the topics under discussion. RHS Council members attending on Friday 24 February are: Professor Cait Beaumont, Professor of Social History in the School of Law and Social Sciences, London South Bank University, and Dr Helen Paul from the Department of Economics, University of Southampton.

For those wishing to join the Society, we offer a range of options including Fellowship, Associate Fellowship, Membership and Postgraduate Membership.

Mid-Career Conversations for Historians, Session 1: 'Being a mid-career historian in a non-History department'

*2pm GMT, Friday 24 February 2023, online* - please note the revised date / time for this first Conversation

2pm GMT, Friday 24 February 2023, online - please note the revised date / time for this first Conversation

'Mid-Career Conversations for Historians', 2pm on Friday 24 February 2023