History news

  • Your HA Virtual Branch

    News Item

    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....

    Click to view
  • Historical Association Conference 2025 in Liverpool

    10th January 2025

    Please note that in-person registration is now closed. However, you can still register for the recordings package here. See the full conference programme Can you hear the music or see the birds (Liver ones of course)? Then we must be in Liverpool – or at least we will be in May...

    Click to view
  • Virtual Branch Recording: Women and the Reformations

    6th May 2025

    The Reformations, both Protestant and Catholic, have long been told as stories of men. But women were central to the transformations that took place in Europe and beyond. What was life like for them in this turbulent period? How did their actions and ideas shape Christianity and influence societies around the world? ...

    Click to view
  • Tour of rural Somerset

    6th May 2025

    Sunday 21 to Friday 26 September 2025 Tour leaders: Elizabeth Yarker and Kathleen Morris Venue: Grand Atlantic Hotel, Weston-super-Mare  The tour will concentrate on the fascinating and varied history of the beautiful county of Somerset. We will be based in comfort in Weston-super-Mare and have a wonderful programme of visits...

    Click to view
  • VE Day – 80 years

    2nd May 2025

    It is 80 years since the fighting in Europe finished in May 1945. For a short period, a sense of peace spread across most of the continent. For the previous month the fighting had swerved between periods of intensity, with street-to-street battles as the last remnants of the Third Reich...

    Click to view
  • Local History Month, May 2025

    News Item

    The Historical Association started Local History Month over two decades ago to highlight and support the incredible work that is done to research, record and preserve the histories of all places. Just as people are often intentionally or unintentionally put into hierarchies of importance for historical preservation, so are places....

    Click to view
  • The Medlicott Medal 2025

    30th April 2025

    The Historical Association is delighted to announce that the Medlicott Medal 2025 will be awarded to Dr Christine Counsell. The award seeks to recognise individuals from a diversity of backgrounds in their service to history. Christine will be known to many at the HA, as throughout her career she has...

    Click to view
  • The Historian 165: Out now

    Article

    Click to view
  • Annual General Meeting 2025

    29th April 2025

    Thank you for being a member of the Historical Association. Your membership is what enables the HA to continue supporting the teaching, learning and enjoyment of history at all levels, for generations to come. As part of our membership community you are important in shaping the development of the association,...

    Click to view
  • Liverpool: a potted history

    24th April 2025

    The modern city of Liverpool has many strings to its bow: it has been a European Capital of Culture, it has a diverse and loyal population and there are famous sports teams and sports personalities, all set against a backdrop of active politics and economic highs and lows. Liverpool as...

    Click to view