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  • Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch Programme

      Article
    Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch Programme 2023-24 All meetings are held at 10.30am on the second Saturday of the month at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church Observatory Road, Glasgow West End G12 9AR. For any branch enquiries please telephone Marie Davidson on 0141 956 1172   2023 Saturday 14 October...
    Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch Programme
  • Support your branch: FAQs

      Volunteering to help your local branch
    Our local branches are all run by volunteers. Joining your local branch committee can be a wonderful way to get more involved with history. What roles are there within each branch?  Each branch has three formal branch officers: the Chair (or President), the Branch Secretary and the Branch Treasurer. Alongside those...
    Support your branch: FAQs
  • Birmingham Branch 1907-2007

      Branch History
    The Branch was founded in May 1907, a few months after the Historical Association was established. The founding Branch President was Professor John Masterman, Professor of History (1902-09) in the University of Birmingham's Department of Commerce, as it was designated in those days. He was one of several historians in...
    Birmingham Branch 1907-2007
  • Taunton Deane Branch Programme

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    Taunton Deane Branch Programme 2024-25   Branch Contact: All enquiries to Mr Geoff Bisson gb@queenscollege.org.uk  tel. 01823 353749 Venue: All talks start at 7.30pm on Wednesdays and take place in the Birchall Hall, Queen's College, Trull Road, Taunton, TA1 4QS unless otherwise stated. There is free car parking on site....
    Taunton Deane Branch Programme
  • North-West Ulster Branch Programme

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    North-West Ulster Branch Programme 2023-24 chairman: Jim McBride, j.mcbride@talk21.com; secretary: Emmet O’Connor, pej.oconnor@ulster.ac.uk treasurer: tba board members: James McQuillan, Andrew Maguire, Will Burton     Over the academic year 2023-24 the branch intends to organize the following lectures to support AS and A2 level (CCEA) History students preparing for their...
    North-West Ulster Branch Programme
  • Become a Branch Officer

      Support the HA through this vital role
    To begin with the obvious, the life-blood of any branch is its membership. However, that life-blood needs a heart to ensure the vitality of the branch, and that heart is the branch committee: a group of dedicated individuals who regularly give their time and effort to the smooth running of...
    Become a Branch Officer
  • Mid-Trent & Mercia Branch Programme

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    Mid-Trent & Mercia Branch Programme 2023-24 Further details can always be obtained from Trevor James on 01543-258434 or Sylvia Clifford on 01283-536250 Venues and times are listed with each meeting.   6 September 2023, 10am-4pm at Burton Library DE14 1AH Trent Valley Local History Symposium [with Burton History Project] on...
    Mid-Trent & Mercia Branch Programme
  • American Liberalism: The Career of a Concept

      Podcast
    Jonathan Bell: Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of History at the University of Reading.What historians have come to term ‘liberalism' in an American context has taken on numerous meanings that provide a lens through which to examine broad trends in US history across the twentieth century. From the...
    American Liberalism: The Career of a Concept
  • HA Branches in Yorkshire and the Humber

      Branch details by region
    Hull & East Riding Branch Hull & East Riding Branch Programme   Sheffield Branch Sheffield Branch Programme     York & North Yorkshire Branch The Branch runs YorkCluio meetings of local history teachers, and also YorkClio 'History Nerds', a group for young historians.   York & North Yorkshire Branch Programme
    HA Branches in Yorkshire and the Humber
  • Oxford Branch Programme

      Article
        Entry to meetings is free for HA members, non-members £2 per meeting. Associate membership of the branch is £10.00, couple at the same address £15.00, full-time students under 30 £6.00. Schools wishing to bring groups of students to meetings will be asked to pay £10 for the group....
    Oxford Branch Programme
  • Central London Branch Programme

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    Central London Branch Programme 2024-25     President: Vacancy Honorary Vice-Presidents: Professor David Stevenson, Mrs Chrissie Ganjou Vice-Chairs: Jill Kilsby, Hedley Sutton Programme Secretary: Thabo Stuck Treasurer: Jill Kilsby   Lectures start at 14:00h (2pm) on Saturdays at St. Anne’s Church, 55 Dean Street, W1D 6AF, Allen Room, first floor...
    Central London Branch Programme
  • Swansea Branch Programme

      Article
    Swansea Branch Programme 2024-25 Branch Contact: Liz McSloy, Secretary historyliz1565@yahoo.com Venue: National Waterfront Museum, Oystermouth Rd, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 3RD All talks take place on the third Saturday of each month (unless otherwise stated) and start at 11am Associate membership: £10 per year, Concessionary (part time workers, retired, unwaged)...
    Swansea Branch Programme
  • Winchester Branch Programme

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    Winchester Branch Programme 2024-25    All enquiries to Branch Secretary Eleanor Yates – email historicalassocwinchester@outlook.com or text or call 07973 427915 Lectures will be at 7.30pm. The venue is The Science Lecture Theatre, Kingsgate Street, Winchester SO23 9PG Lectures are free to members and students, visitors are asked for a...
    Winchester Branch Programme
  • HA Branches in the East Midlands

      Branch details by region
    Leicester Branch Leicester branch programme   City of Lincoln Branch City of Lincoln Branch Programme     Northampton Branch Northampton Branch Programme / Historical Association (history.org.uk) Nottingham Branch Nottingham Branch Programme
    HA Branches in the East Midlands
  • Nuneaton Branch Programme

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    Nuneaton Branch Programme 2024-25 Contact: michael.arnold@cantab.net Venue: Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre, 4 Avenue Road, Nuneaton CV11 4LU Time: 7.30pm unless otherwise indicated   25 September 2024 The History of Food in England Prof. Diana Purkiss, Oxford University   October 2024 TBA   7 November 2024 Soviet Propaganda in Maps Dr....
    Nuneaton Branch Programme
  • Presidential Lecture - Charles I: The People's Martyr?

      Podcast
    2012 Annual Conference Presidential Lecture Charles I: The People's Martyr? Jackie Eales, HA President and Professor of Early Modern History at Canterbury Christ Church University Charles I was renowned for his distrust of ‘popularity'. Yet during the 1640s he was forced to appeal to his people for support and in...
    Presidential Lecture - Charles I: The People's Martyr?
  • Bristol Branch Programme

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    Bristol Branch Programme 2024-25     1st September 2024, 4-6pm Dr Evan Jones University of Bristol Via Dolorosa walk from Newgate Gaol to Bewell's Cross   25th September 2024 7.30pm Dr Claire Knight Joseph Stalin, Film Star: the Cult of Personality on Soviet Screens   23rd October 2024 7.30pm Professor...
    Bristol Branch Programme
  • Plymouth Branch Programme

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    Plymouth Branch Programme 2024-25   Website: http://www.ha-plymouth.org.uk Contact: Alan H. Cousins, 1 Russell Court, Russell Close, Saltash PL12 4LZ , Tel. 01503 230106 a.cousins345@btinternet.com Meetings are open to all, and are free for national or local members of the Historical Association, and for University of Plymouth students. Visitor tickets: £6,...
    Plymouth Branch Programme
  • HA Branches in the South East

      Branch details by region
    Beckenham & Bromley Branch Branch website: http://www.beckenham-historical-association.org/ Beckenham & Bromley Branch Programme   Buckinghamshire Branch Buckinghamshire Branch Programme   Canterbury Branch Canterbury Branch Programme   Chichester Branch  Chichester Branch Programme   East Sussex Branch East Sussex Branch Programme / Historical Association (history.org.uk) Isle of Wight Branch Isle of Wight Branch...
    HA Branches in the South East
  • Manchester Branch Programme (with Liverpool and Chester)

      Article
    Manchester Branch Programme 2024-25 Entry to meetings is free to HA members, non-members £4 per meeting.   We are delighted to be able to welcome our members and interested members of the public to our 2024 – 2025 series of events. Of course, circumstances are always changeable and events may...
    Manchester Branch Programme (with Liverpool and Chester)
  • Canterbury Branch Programme

      Article
    Canterbury Branch Programme 2023-24   Enquiries to Mr Mike Gallagher tel: 01227 722476 or email: hacanterburybranch@gmail.com Talks are open to the public and are free to HA members, branch members and students; others are asked to pay £3 towards expenses. Branch membership is £10 per year.    Thursday 14th September...
    Canterbury Branch Programme
  • HA Branches in Northern Ireland

      Branch details by region
    North West Ulster Branch Over the academic year, the Branch organises lectures to support AS and A2 level History students preparing for their examinations.  The venue is normally St Columb's College, Derry See the North-West Ulster Branch Programme
    HA Branches in Northern Ireland
  • Northampton Branch Programme

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    Northampton Branch Programme 2023-24 Branch contact:  All enquiries to Mr David Waller david@davidwaller.org.uk  tel 07855 898834 Venue:  Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings will be online at 7 p.m. (details available via Eventbrite registration). Branch website:  https://historyatnorthampton.com/2023/08/08/northampton-historical-association-programme-2023-24/   Thursday 19 October 2023 Banners in British Left-Wing Politics since 1800 Kerry Love,...
    Northampton Branch Programme
  • Joan of Arc: Woman Warrior, Witch

      Branch Podcast
    In 2011 Professor Anne Curry, President of the Historical Association, gave a lecture on Joan of Arc to the Swansea Branch. This is a podcast of that lecture.
    Joan of Arc: Woman Warrior, Witch
  • Ferninando Gorges and New England

      Classic Pamphlet
    Sir Ferdinando Gorges (July 1565 - May 24, 1647), by some considered the "Father of English Colonization in North America", was an early English colonial entrepreneur and founder of the Province of Maine in 1622, although Gorges himself never set foot in the New World.  Sir Ferdinando Gorges was born...
    Ferninando Gorges and New England