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The Society was founded in 1952, to promote the study of agricultural history and the history of the rural economy and society and to:

Publish the Agricultural History Review
Publish bibliographies, lists of dissertations and work in progress
Hold conferences
Support otherwise unfunded conferences, workshops, special meetings and other interesting initiatives in rural history through the Conference and Initiatives Fund.
Promote the conservation of historically significant landscapes.

Officers and Executive Committee

President	Prof. Richard Hoyle	University of Reading
Secretary	Dr Alex ‘Spike’ Gibbs	Kings College London
Treasurer	Mr Derek Shepherd	University of Plymouth
Agricultural History Review Editor (Articles)	Prof. Paul Warde	University of Cambridge
Agricultural History Review Editor (Book Reviews)	Dr John Morgan	University of Bristol
Director of the Library of Rural and Agricultural Literature (LIBRAL)	Prof. Richard Hoyle	University of Reading
Chair of the Executive Committee	Dr Sarah Holland	University of Nottingham

Executive Committee	Dr Carol Beardmore	Open University
	Dr Elly Robson Dezateux	University of Oxford
	Dr Mark Hailwood	University of Bristol
	Dr Samantha Shave	University of Lincoln
	Dr Sarah Spooner	University of East Anglia
	Prof. Annie Tindley	University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	Guy Smith	Former Deputy President, National Farmers’ Union
	Dr Ollie Douglas	Museum of English Rural Life
	Dr Bess Rhodes	University of St Andrews
	Dr Jane Rowling	Calder Rivers Trust
	Prof. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg	Iowa State University

Constitution

The Constitution of the British Agricultural History Society as approved at the First General Meeting of the Society, held at the University of Reading on Monday 13 April l953, as amended in 1960, 1966, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2015, and 2024.

BAHS Constitution