Two leading members of our research network have seen their work recognized this week.

Dr Andrés Baeza´s book Contacts, Collisions and Relationships. Britons and Chileans in the Independence era, 1806-1831 (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2019) published in Spanish as El otro imperio: chilenos y británicos en la revolución de independencia, 1806-1831 (Santiago: RIL editores, 2021) which engages deeply into the activities and shaping of the Hispanic-Anglosphere received the award of being the “Best Chilean History Book of the Year”. This is an annual prize conferred by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.

Dr Graciela Iglesias-Rogers, principal investigator of our network, has been made Fellow of the Royal Historical Society “in recognition of her contribution to historical scholarship”. Founded in 1868, the Royal Historical Society (RHS) acts as a champion of History, both inside universities and within public culture in general. As a Fellow, she is now eligible to vote in Council elections, to seek election to the RHS Council, and to apply for positions on the editorial boards of the various RHS publications. She is also entitled to use the letters FRHistS after her name.