We are delighted to announce the results of our 2025 Postgraduate Paper prize. The Postgraduate Paper Prize is awarded to the best conference papers presented at the Social History Society conference; this year, we are pleased to be able to award one overall winner and two Runner Up prizes. We had 18 submissions this year, … Continued
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Committee Election. Lynn Abrams has been elected as our new Chair. Abrams is Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow, and has a wide range of research interests, encompassing social housing, child welfare, masculinities, selfhood, and knitted textiles. To find out more, take … Continued
The Social History Society Book Prize rewards the best original works of social and cultural history by established authors. The prize was launched in 2018 and has become a key part of the society’s calendar and conference. Books are nominated by their publisher and judged by an independent panel of judges. The Society … Continued
We are delighted to say that our 2025 SHS Conference was an immense success! This was the first time we have ever hosted a conference in a heritage site: namely, the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. It made for a fabulously evocative and exciting venue. It’s also safe to say that social historians clearly … Continued
Our Annual General Meeting allows members to review the activities we have undertaken during the year, consider our financial position and have a say in the future direction of the society and our journal. We will also announce the results of our latest committee elections during the meeting. This year’s AGM will take place during … Continued
The Social History Society extends its warm thanks to Professor Phillipp Schofield, outgoing President of the Economic History Society, for his outstanding service as the Economic History Society representative on the Social History Society Committee. Since the foundation of the Social History Society, the two Societies have instituted reciprocal representatives. Phillipp, a long serving member of the … Continued
The Social History Society’s committee plays a vital role in shaping the society’s activities and priorities. This year we have started the search for a new Chair, who will take over when Professor Naomi Tadmor steps down from the role at the AGM. Professor Tadmor has chaired the Society since 2019, successfully leading it through the … Continued
We are delighted to announce the results of the latest round of the BME small grants funding scheme. This scheme is administered by SHS in partnership with the Economic History Society, History UK, History of Education Society (UK), History Workshop Journal, Royal Historical Society, Society for the Study of Labour History and Women’s History Network. … Continued
We are extending our deadline for our call for papers for the Social History Society’s 2025 Conference! We are now taking proposals for papers and panels up until the 24 January (rather than the 17 January). This conference will take place from the 7-9 July 2025 at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. For … Continued
Where does the ‘environment’ fit in social history? It is now nearly two decades since Stephen Mosely’s article ‘Common Ground: Integrating Social and Environmental History’ appeared in the Journal of Social History. Surveying existing explorations of the intersection of these two fields, Mosely concluded that ‘it is vital that social history now includes the important … Continued
