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  • The Early Stuart Parliaments

      The History of Democracy in Britain
    In this podcast Mr Simon Healy from the History of Parliament Research Project looks at the Early Stuart Parliaments.
    The Early Stuart Parliaments

  • HA Branches in Yorkshire and the Humber

      Branch details by region
    Hull & East Riding Branch Branch Contact:  Sylvia Usher (Branch Secretary)  usher@usher.karoo.co.uk Venue:  The Nordic Centre, aka Danish Church, Osborne Street, Hull  HU1 2PN. Small car park at the church. No charge for those attending meetings. On street parking also possible. Meetings are held on Thursdays, starting at 7.30pm Associate membership: £12; visitors:...
    HA Branches in Yorkshire and the Humber

  • HA Branches in the East Midlands

      Branch details by region
    Leicester Branch Joint programme with Northampton Branch Leicester Chair: Annabelle Larsen leicesterha@gmail.com (Northampton Chair: David Waller david@davidwaller.org.uk) Most talks will be on the second Tuesday of the month, 18.00-19.30. Leicester branch programme   Lincoln Branch Branch contact: enquiries to Prof. Jamie Wood jwood@lincoln.ac.uk Venue: All talks start at 6.15pm and take place at the Brayford Pool Campus of...
    HA Branches in the East Midlands

  • HA Branches in the West Midlands

      Branch details by region
    Mid-Trent & Mercia Branch 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. All Branch meetings and sessions are free to HA/Branch members but there will be a small charge for visitors. Mid-Trent Branch Programme   Nuneaton Branch...
    HA Branches in the West Midlands

  • 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

  • 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?

  • The Historian 46

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    3 Feature: Images of English Queens in the Later Middle Ages - Elizabeth Danbury 11 Local History: The Reformation and the Parish Church: Local Responses to National Directives - Joe Bettey 15 Education Forum: History in the Primary School: the Curriculum Review (- or Sir Ron'sother Lottery) - Roy Hughes 16 Record...
    The Historian 46

  • How much has the weather mattered in British history?

      Primary History article
    Tim Lomas has considered the effect that weather has had on shaping Britain. He explores how weather conditions and human actions have affected these islands and the communities living here. He suggests three potential areas of investigation. First, he looks at how weather changes might affect crop failure and so...
    How much has the weather mattered in British history?

  • Earth heroes: Etta Lemon, ‘The Mother of Birds’

      Primary History article
    In this article Ailsa Fidler considers Etta Lemon and her role in halting the plume boom, which saw many bird species driven to the edge of extinction, all in the name of fashion. Linking a study of Etta to the government’s policy on Climate Education, the article shows how Etta’s...
    Earth heroes: Etta Lemon, ‘The Mother of Birds’

  • The year without a summer and other cautionary tales

      Primary History article
    Susie Townsend explores the story of the Tambora volcanic explosion of 1815 and the catastrophic effect that this had on climate around the world. She uses contemporary accounts and images to set the scene. She demonstrates how this one event far away in Indonesia affected climate across the whole world....
    The year without a summer and other cautionary tales

  • Political and social attitudes underpinning the 1924 Olympics

      Historian article
    The 1924 Olympics in Paris are best known to many British people through the ‘Chariots of Fire’ film from the early 1980s. The film touches on some of the political and social attitudes prevalent in the 1920s and Steve Illingworth explores these issues further in this article. It is argued...
    Political and social attitudes underpinning the 1924 Olympics

  • The right to fight: women’s boxing in Britain

      Historian article
    In this article Matthew Taylor explores the history of women’s boxing in Britain from the early eighteenth century onwards, showing how prevailing gender norms have led to this activity being marginalised by historians. It is argued that the key women boxers he discusses should be celebrated as key figures, not just in the history of sport but...
    The right to fight: women’s boxing in Britain

  • Opinion: Who was ‘the man of his time’?

      Historian article
    In this new, occasional section of The Historian, contributors share their thoughts on matters of public historical debate. We invite our readers to respond, either by writing to the editors at thehistorian@history.org.uk or by writing their own opinion piece. Here, Lorenzo Kamel shares his thoughts on why saying ‘he was a...
    Opinion: Who was ‘the man of his time’?

  • Britain and the First World War: not just battles

      Historian feature
    When the First World War started in the summer of 1914 it began a series of events that would change the world for ever; it also accelerated changes and ideas that were already underway. In some cases, big issues appeared to be put to one side while the immediate needs of...
    Britain and the First World War: not just battles

  • Film: Unpicking the Ofsted subject report for history

      Rich Encounters With the Past
    In this webinar, history teachers and consultants Stuart Tiffany and Kerry Somers and Senior lecturer in primary education at Liverpool John Moore's University, Ailsa Fidler discuss the July 2023 history subject report with Ofsted National Lead for history, Tim Jenner. In the course of the webinar discussion, the key messages...
    Film: Unpicking the Ofsted subject report for history

  • The Southern Princes of Powys

      Podcast
    Gwenwynwyn ab Owain Cyfeiliog (died c. 1216) was the last major ruler of mid Wales before the completion of the Norman English invasion. Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn (died c. 1286), son of Gwenwynwyn ab Owain Cyfeiliog was a Welsh prince who was lord of the part of Powys known as Powys...
    The Southern Princes of Powys

  • Maximising the power of storytelling in the history classroom

      Teaching History article
    James Hopkins’s Year 10 class had been excited by their course on medicine through time, but were less enthused about their new study of Norman England. They told him that the topic felt ‘distant’ and ‘not real’. Recalling his own experience as a student, Hopkins was interested in the ways...
    Maximising the power of storytelling in the history classroom

  • Muslim Rescuers of the Holocaust CPD

      CPD Unit
    This CPD unit focuses on the experience of Muslim rescuers during the Holocaust and the Second World War. It was written by Andrew Wrenn, Cambridgeshire Humanities Advisor, to complement  another unit published earlier on this website called Muslim Tommies which dealt with the experience of Muslim soldiers fighting for Britain...
    Muslim Rescuers of the Holocaust CPD

  • Historical fiction and story: the informed imagination

      Primary History article
    Historical stories and fiction give full rein to children's imaginations and creativity. As such, they are a standard, major element in pupils' historical authoring.Writing history stories is stimulating, enjoyable and challenging. When using their historical imaginations children as authors have to be disciplined. They must work within the strict parameters...
    Historical fiction and story: the informed imagination

  • Teacher Fellowship programme: The Caribbean, Monarchy and Legacies of Empire

      Teacher Fellowship programme 2025
    Although twelve Caribbean colonies gained independence during Elizabeth II's reign, only four opted to become republics (most recently Barbados, in 2021) and eight retain the British monarch as head of state to this day. Emphasising Caribbean sources and perspectives, this Teacher Fellowship programme examines the role of the British monarchy in the...
    Teacher Fellowship programme: The Caribbean, Monarchy and Legacies of Empire

  • A View from the Classroom: Writing History

      Article
    Introduction I imagine many people have memories of staring at a blank piece of paper - and wondering what to write.....and where to start? There are many questions to consider. How do children become eager and confident writers in the context of history? When is writing the best response, and...
    A View from the Classroom: Writing History

  • Think Bubble 60: Writing from experience

      Primary History article
    The business of ‘experiencing' history is in as healthy state as it is possible to imagine. In a recent straw poll of primary GTP trainees in the Oxford-Bucks partnership over 80% cited drama, role play or similar inter-active experience as being the most memorable feature of learning history in the...
    Think Bubble 60: Writing from experience

  • Recorded webinar: Secondary history and the climate crisis

      Article
    How might we integrate a focus on our relationship with the natural world through time in our existing curriculum? Why should we teach about key turning points in human history that have shaped this relationship in profound ways? What is history's role in explaining how we got to this point? ...
    Recorded webinar: Secondary history and the climate crisis

  • On-demand webinar: Histories of the African continent

      Webinar series: Decolonising the secondary history curriculum
    Webinar series: Decolonising the secondary history curriculum Session 4: Histories of the African continent This 90-minute recorded webinar will cover three elements: an introductory discussion about the scope and opportunities for exploring African history; Enquiry One: Africa and the development of religion; Enquiry Two: Decolonisation, Ideology and Race in Africa: the struggles...
    On-demand webinar: Histories of the African continent

  • Crowdsourcing the heritage of the Second World War

      Historian article
    Stuart Lee, Ylva Berglund Prytz and Matthew Kidd introduce an innovative project to capture objects and the memories they hold.
    Crowdsourcing the heritage of the Second World War