Your HA Virtual Branch
Keep learning with our online programme of talks
Your branch from home
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Did you know? As well as accessing session recordings, members can attend talks held by HA local branches for free, plus exclusive members' webinars and short courses, and a variety of other benefits. The HA is an independent charity and relies on membership and donations to fund our work. Virtual Branch webinars are free to everyone, but if you'd like to support our work you can join as a member or donate to the HA. As well as bringing you fantastic history content and events each month, joining as a member helps our work in supporting quality history education at all levels. |
The HA Virtual Branch is a great way to keep your history up-to-date, whether you are working or relaxing, all from the comfort of your home. The Virtual Branch is free and open to everybody, and recordings of the talks are made available online after the event for HA members.
Upcoming talks
Assassins and Templars: A battle in myth and blood
Steve Tibble | Tuesday 16 December, 7.30-8.30pm
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The story of the medieval world’s most extraordinary organisations, the Assassins and the Templars.
The Assassins and the Templars are two of history’s most legendary groups. One was a Shi’ite religious sect, the other a Christian military order created to defend the Holy Land. Violently opposed, they had vastly different reputations, followings, and ambitions. Yet they developed strikingly similar strategies – and their intertwined stories have, oddly enough, uncanny parallels. Read more
Past lecture recordings
If you've missed any of our previous Virtual Branch talks, HA members can access recordings below. Not already a member? Join today
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Sudhir Hazareesingh |
Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World |
Oct 2025 |
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Tabitha Stanmore |
Oct 2025 |
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David Carpenter |
Sept 2025 |
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Tim Franks |
The Lines We Draw - an accidental history and an argument about identity |
July 2025 |
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Michael J. Warren |
June 2025 |
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Professor Andrew Jotischky |
Feeding Body and Soul: Food and Drink in the Medieval Monastery |
May 2025 |
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Professor Merry Wiesner-Hanks |
April 2025 |
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Dr Hetta Howes |
March 2025 |
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Dr Dean Irwin, Natasha Jenman, Luka Liu, and Josh Outhwaite |
February 2025 |
Local HA Branches
The HA has over 45 local branches around the country. Some of these have been able to return to their venues for their monthly talks. Others have decided to make their branch programmes online via Zoom – this provides a wonderful opportunity for you to see some of the great lectures that occur across the country as part of the HA. Check our branch calendar for full listings.
If you're a teacher don't forget that we also run our regular calendar of CPD events - view the secondary webinar calendar here and the primary calendar here.
Other events coming up
View out full Historian events calendar