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  • Podcast Series: Diversity in Early Modern Britain

      Diversity in Early Modern Britain
    This series of podcasts looks at Diversity in Early Modern Britain and features Onyeka, Dr Kathy Chater and Dr Sumita Mukherjee. Our first set of podcasts looks initially at African and Caribbean British History, South Asian British History and the Huguenouts.
    Podcast Series: Diversity in Early Modern Britain

  • The Story of the African Queen

      Historian article
    Where fact and fiction intercept: the story of The African Queen(s) by C.S. Forester When the Königin Luise was hull down over the horizon and the dhow was close in-shore the lieutenant left his post and went down to the jetty to meet his senior officer. The dhow ran briskly in,...
    The Story of the African Queen

  • A Story in Stone: the Tirah War Memorial in Dorchester

      Historian article
    The Tirah memorial stands in a corner of Borough Gardens, a Victorian park in Dorchester, county town of Dorset. It is a granite obelisk decorated with a motif of honeysuckle and laurel wreaths standing 4.5 metres high on a square granite plinth. This in turn stands upon a circular concrete...
    A Story in Stone: the Tirah War Memorial in Dorchester

  • The Bristol Riots

      Classic Pamphlet
    In 1831, Bristol suffered the worst outbreak of urban rioting since the Gordon Riots in London over fifty years earlier. Twelve rioters were officially declared to have died as a result of confrontations with troops and special constables, and many more unidentifiable corpses were discovered among the ruins of the...
    The Bristol Riots

  • Women in Late Medieval Bristol

      Classic Pamphlet
    During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Bristol was one of England's greatest towns, with a population of perhaps 100,000 after the Black Death of 1348. Its status was recognised in 1373, with its creation as the realm's first provincial urban county, but only in 1542, with the creation of the...
    Women in Late Medieval Bristol

  • Podcast Series: The British Empire 1800-Present

      Multipage Article
    An HA Podcasted History of the British Empire 1800-Present featuring Dr Seán Lang of Anglia Ruskin University, Dr John Stuart of Kingston University London, Professor A. J. Stockwell and Dr Larry Butler of the University of East Anglia.
    Podcast Series: The British Empire 1800-Present

  • Hitler’s British Isles: The Real Story of the Occupied Channel Islands

      Book Review
    Hitler’s British Isles: The Real Story of the Occupied Channel Islands, Duncan Barrett, Simon and Schuster, 2018, 413p, £20-00.  ISBN 978-1-4711-6637-2 Having just read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Bloomsbury 2008), this very interesting book has now extended considerably my understanding of the nature of the experiences of...
    Hitler’s British Isles: The Real Story of the Occupied Channel Islands

  • Podcast Series: The Anglo-Saxons

      The Anglo-Saxons
    In this HA Podcast Series Professor Joanna Story of the University of Leicester looks at the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
    Podcast Series: The Anglo-Saxons

  • Recorded Webinar: New Approaches to Classical Sparta

      Article
    This webinar starts with a basic overview of the city-states of Classical Greece (roughly 500 to 350 BC) and Sparta’s place within their geography and history. It then looks at some common myths about the nature of Spartan society and politics, focusing on areas where recent research has transformed our...
    Recorded Webinar: New Approaches to Classical Sparta

  • Puritan attitudes towards plays and pleasure in the Age of Shakespeare

      Presidential Lecture - Annual Conference 2014
    In Twelfth Night Shakespeare gently mocked the Puritans, who objected to stage plays and other entertainments. Yet within four decades, the Puritans had closed the London theatres and were about to seize power from Charles I. Among their many reforms were the banning of Christmas celebrations and of Twelfth Night itself....
    Puritan attitudes towards plays and pleasure in the Age of Shakespeare

  • Museum Education

      Reading List
    Museum Education Reading List provided by the Victoria and Albert Museum Allen, D. A. 'Museums and Education.' Museums in Modern Life: Seven Papers Read Before the Royal Society of the Arts in March, April and May 1949, 86-106. London: RSA, 1949. NAL pressmark: 22.N.17 American Association of Museums. Excellence and...
    Museum Education

  • Prehistoric Bristol

      Classic Pamphlet
    This period is represented in the valley of the Bristol Avon by the Acheulian industries, named from the type station of St. Acheul in the Somme valley, which has yielded many ovate and pear-shaped hand-axes characteristic of the period. These industries flourished during the very long Second Interglacial phase, a...
    Prehistoric Bristol

  • Film: An Interview with Margaret MacMillan

      An Interview with Margaret MacMillan
    The HA are delighted to announce that the Medlicott Medal for 2015 has been awarded to Professor Margaret MacMillan. The Medlicott Medal is for outstanding contributions to the study and enjoyment of history. The award will be presented on Wednesday 8 July 2015 in central London, where she will also...
    Film: An Interview with Margaret MacMillan

  • Podcast Series: Women in Ancient Greece & Rome

      Multipage Article
    In this series of podcasts Dr Richard Hawley of Royal Holloway, University of London looks at the history of women in Ancient Greece and Rome.
    Podcast Series: Women in Ancient Greece & Rome

  • Podcast Series: The Byzantine Empire

      Byzantium
    In this podcast Dr Dionysios Stathakopoulos of King's College London looks at the history of the Byzantine Empire from its origins in the Roman Empire to the fall of Constantinople.
    Podcast Series: The Byzantine Empire

  • Dr Joseph Parry: the story of Wales’ greatest composer

      Historian article
    Colin Wheldon James introduces us to a 19th-century Welsh composer who deserves far greater recognition for his achievements in Wales as well as in England and America.
    Dr Joseph Parry: the story of Wales’ greatest composer

  • Podcast Series: Goths, Huns and the fall of the Roman Empire

      Multipage Article
    In this series of podcasts Professor Peter Heather of King's College London looks at the history of the Goths, the Huns, the division of the Roman Empire and the fall of the Roman Empire.
    Podcast Series: Goths, Huns and the fall of the Roman Empire

  • Podcast Series: The Rise of an Islamic Civilisation

      Early Islam
    An HA Podcasted History of the Rise of an Islamic Civilisation featuring Dr Caroline Goodson of Birkbeck, University of London.
    Podcast Series: The Rise of an Islamic Civilisation

  • ‘The story of her own wretchedness’: heritage and homelessness

      Historian article
    David Howell uses eighteenth-century beggars at Tintern Abbey as a starting point for his research into the use of heritage sites by the homeless. In 1782, the Reverend William Gilpin published his Observations on the River Wye, a notable contribution to the emerging picturesque movement. A key element of his work is a commentary on Tintern Abbey....
    ‘The story of her own wretchedness’: heritage and homelessness

  • Podcast Series: The Spanish Golden Age

      Multipage Article
    An HA Podcasted History of the Spanish Golden Age featuring Dr Glyn Redworth of Manchester University and Dr Francois Soyer of the University of Southampton.
    Podcast Series: The Spanish Golden Age

  • Podcast Series: The Tudors

      Multipage Article
    An HA Podcasted History of the Tudors featuring Dr Sue Doran, Dr Steven Gunn, Dr Michael Everett & Dr Anna Whitelock.
    Podcast Series: The Tudors

  • The Cromwell Discussions: podcast series

      The Cromwell Association round-table discussions
    On the 30th June 2015, The Cromwell Association, held a series of round table discussions at Selwyn College, Cambridge. This set of podcasts feature Professor Ronald Hutton of the University of Bristol, Professor John Morrill and Dr David Smith of the University of Cambridge and Dr Patrick Little from the...
    The Cromwell Discussions: podcast series

  • Podcast Series: The Crusades

      Multipage Article
    An HA Podcasted History of the Crusades featuring Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith, Professor Jonathan Phillips of Royal Holloway, University of London and Dr Tom Asbridge of Queen Mary, University of London.
    Podcast Series: The Crusades

  • Podcast Series: The Reformation

      Multipage Article
    An HA Podcasted History of the Reformation featuring Professor Peter Marshall, Dr Henry Cohn, Dr Penny Robert and Professor Beat Kümin of Warwick University.
    Podcast Series: The Reformation

  • Podcast Series: Modern China

      Multipage Article
    An HA Podcasted History of Modern China  featuring Dr Yangwen Zeng of the University of Manchester, Professor Rana Mitter and Professor Patricia Thornton of the University of Oxford and Professor Arne Westad of the London School of Economics. 
    Podcast Series: Modern China