From the 28 June 1914 till the end of July 1914 the world held its breath; would Europe be thrown into war? We now know that the answer was yes.Diplomacy had failed, some would say it never really stood a chance, others will argue that nothing was inevitable until the...

This year the Historical Association's Medlicott medal for services to history went to Professor Sir Richard Evans. Richard Evans is the Regius Professor of History at Cambridge and President of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He has written numerous highly respected and internationally best-selling books. Evans is bests known for his works on...

On 17th July 1964, Sir Donald Campbell fired up the Proteus turbo-prop engine of 'Bluebird' and set off onto the salt flats of Lake Eyre in Australia, in an attempt to break the World Land Speed Record. Conditions were not perfect and the surface was damp but Campbell was undaunted.On...

Short talk given on 2nd June, 2014 to the Irish Federation of Local History Societies. Speaker: Marie Davidson, assisted by Richard Binns with drawings As Secretary of the Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch of the Historical Association may I thank Mr Breen for inviting me to speak to you...

On Saturday 28th of June it will be 100 years since the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated with his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. As everyone knows or will know after this summer that assassination led to the start of the First World War.The young man who fired the shot Gavrilo...

We are delighted to announce that Professor Justin Champion was confirmed as President to succeed Professor Jackie Eales at the AGM on 16 May 2014. Justin is a strong advocate of public history and is involved with the HA's Public History Committee. He is Professor of the History of Early...

We are delighted to be presenting the Medlicott Medal for Services to History to Professor Sir Richard Evans who will be giving a talk on:Britain, Germany and the Origins of the First World WarWednesday 9 July, 6pm  - 8.30pm, The MacMillan Hall, Senate House, University of LondonBefore the main award we will...

On June 6 1944 one of the most ambitious attack plans in history took place. The story began seventy-four years earlier when Britain and her Allies were pushed off the Western side of the continent after Nazi Germany swept through The Netherlands, Belgium and France in a matter of weeks....

This year it was in Stratford upon Avon. Just what the home of literature needed, over 350 historians to descend on it - well that is what it got! It was a hugely successful event (if we say ourselves) with three keynote lectures and over 55 workshop sessions plus walking...

The Cause Papers Database, a searchable catalogue of more than 14,000 cause papers relating to cases heard between 1300 and 1858 in the Church Courts of the diocese of York. The original records are held in the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, and are the most...