This Was Our Thanet project

13 Jul 2020

Student creates interactive map of Thanet’s community history

Reviews and interviews on "The Invention of Papal History"

25 Jun 2020

Dr Stefan Bauer has been interviewed by Crux and his new book reviewed in History Today.

Prof Jane Hamlett features on A House Through Time

25 Jun 2020

Prof Jane Hamlett features on A House Through Time with Professor David Olusoga

The history of Chinese private letter hongs project website is launched

15 Jun 2020

Dr Weipin Tsai's Leverhulme-funded project studying Chinese Letter Hongs has launched a website making information gleaned from small private collections available to the public and to other scholars.

Professor Justin Champion

15 Jun 2020

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Professor Justin Champion.

Professor wins College Award

05 Jun 2020

Prof Dan Stone wins the College’s Annual Doctoral Supervision Award

Lost portrait of suffragist discovered at Royal Holloway

12 May 2020

A lost portrait of the suffragist Dame Millicent Fawcett by Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1898) has been discovered in the art collections of Royal Holloway, University of London.

Funded PhD Studentship

26 Mar 2020

The Department of History at Royal Holloway, in collaboration with the British Library, is delighted to offer a fully-funded PhD studentship (fees and maintenance)

'Slightly foxed' award for Jonathan Phillips

12 Mar 2020

Best first biography for The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin

Dr Anna Whitelock features in Channel 5 documentary

12 Mar 2020

Channel 5's new documentaries profiling two of Britain's greatest monarchs features the expertise of Dr Anna Whitelock