See the full conference programme Book your place now 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 2025 for the HA conference. We have brought together lots of specialist CPD...

Each year, the Historical Association runs Young Quills, a competition for published historical fiction for children and young adults (14+). The Young Quills books for each year must be published for the first time in English in the year preceding the competition – so 2023 for this year’s selection.  Our...

Welcome to this packed spring edition of HA News. Take a look at the programme for our Annual Conference in May, including the top 10 things to do at the HA Conference, our musical quiz on Liverpool, and a potted history of Liverpool. Also in this edition is an article on 'What got me into history', by the chairs...

We are saddened to hear the news that Charlotte 'Betty' Webb has passed away. Her role as a code breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War made her an essential contributor to the Allied success in the conflict. A gifted linguist and administrator, she also worked on secret...

It is five years since large parts of the world went into lockdown as Covid-19 swept the globe. It was the first pandemic in the modern era that resulted in an international co-ordinated response. Underlying this was a 21st-century understanding of health and disease. Importantly, internationally recognised bodies and NGOs...

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....

Registration is now open for the Teaching Indigenous Histories and Perspectives (TIHPS) summer conference on Saturday 28 June 2025. Heavily subsidised by the University of Sheffield, registration costs just £10 including catering for the day, and bursaries are available for travel and for attendance to enable as many people as possible to attend.  ...