In response to a speech by Michael Gove on 9th May 2013, the following letter from 54 historians was published in The Times on 14th May 2013. As President of the Historical Association, I would like to thank the signatories for their support'. Professor Jackie Eales   Tuesday, 14 May...

First prize to Louisa Bruton for her dissertation: 'Avoir ou a voir: assessing the accessibility of foreign-language records in the archival repositories of the UK and Ireland' (unpublished MA, University of Liverpool, 2011) The judges thought this was an outstanding and sophisticated thesis that raised important questions, showed excellent archival...

May 2012 marks a special birthday for the Grimsby Branch of the Historical Association. To celebrate, the President, Professor Jackie Eales, will speak on the English Civil Wars on Friday May 18th at 7pm. All are welcome at this event. It will take place at the Markham Hall, St James's...

The HA prizes for student dissertations from archivist postgraduate courses for 2010 have been awarded. First prize goes to Elizabeth Morgan from University College London, for her work on ‘Delivering Value for Money: why and how institutional archives should market themselves to their internal publics.' The judges agreed that her...