Our annual conference will be taking place online over two weeks from 28 June 2021
The Social History Society is open to anyone. Membership helps to support the field and members gain a range of benefits in return. Subscriptions start at just £15.
Khaled Fahmy has won the 2020 Social History Society Book Prize for 'In Quest of Justice: Islamic Law and Forensic Medicine in Modern Egypt' (University of California Press, 2018)
The SHS has published its journal 'Cultural & Social History' since 2004 and in 2018 launched a new book series on 'New Directions in Social and Cultural History'.
Our Research Exchange blog features posts from authors of some of the best new books being published in social and cultural history.
Following our 2018 Conference plenary panel on 'History and Diversity' the Social History Society has set up a Network for BME Historians
Our role in representing social and cultural historians included our contribution to the government's consultation on the Research Excellence Framework.
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