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  • Isle of Wight Branch Programme

      Article
    All enquiries to Caroline Jacobs, Secretary  email: jacobscme@gmail.com phone: 07988171708 Unless otherwise stated, meetings take place at Newport Minster, St Thomas’ Square, NEWPORT, IW PO30 1BG, starting at 7.30pm and finishing at approximately 9.00pm.  Doors open at 7.00pm Associate branch membership: £10 per year.  Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors...
    Isle of Wight Branch Programme

  • Gloucestershire Branch Programme

      Article
    Enquiries to Andrea Robertston at histassocglos@gmail.com or Robert Sutton on 01242 574889 Members and students free entry to all talks, visitors £4 entrance fee. Venues for most talks are the University of Gloucestershire either in Cheltenham or Gloucester. Directions can be found on the university website – www.glos.ac.uk Some talks will be...
    Gloucestershire Branch Programme

  • What do we do?

      Our work
    There are many ways you can support our work to bring history to all: Become a Member Make a donation Contribute an article Other ways to support us We bring together people who share an interest in, and love for the past and to further the study and teaching and enjoyment...
    What do we do?

  • Subject Leader Development Programme (SLDP)

      News Item
    Book now Autumn 2025 Cohort - Closed for booking Spring 2026 Cohort - Welcome meeting: Thursday 8 January, 4pm-5pm- Second meeting: Thursday 26 February, 4pm-5pm- Assessment meeting: Thursday 19 March, 4pm-5pm Summer 2026 Cohort - To be announced If you have any questions please email Olivia at events@history.org.uk What is...
    Subject Leader Development Programme (SLDP)

  • Webinar series: Making history accessible

      On-demand webinar series for subject leaders and teachers of history
    What does this series cover and why should I attend? In recent years, the UK’s SEND system has been under the spotlight. As numbers of students with identified special educational needs increase, attention has been given to how to best embed inclusive practice, enabling teachers to support all students to...
    Webinar series: Making history accessible

  • HA Branches in the South East

      Branch details by region
    Beckenham & Bromley Branch Branch contact: Mrs A Wagstaff 020 8777 7742 BeckenhamHA@uclmail.net  Cost: Entry to meetings is free for HA members and £2 for visitors. Associate membership of the branch is £12 for 2024/25 or £19.50 with our monthly news bulletin, The Beckenham Historian. Venue: All meetings take place at...
    HA Branches in the South East

  • CPD events terms and conditions

      Information
    Please read these terms and conditions carefully before booking onto any of the Historical Association's [HA] CPD events. You should understand that by booking any of our CPD Events, you agree to adhere to these terms and conditions. Please note that these terms and conditions are only applicable to the...
    CPD events terms and conditions

  • Diversity in Primary History

      Primary History articles and resources
    There has been much emphasis on ensuring that we teach a balanced history curriculum which reflects diversity. Teachers often ask the Historical Association where they can get their ideas and find examples of good practice. From the start, the journal Primary History has addressed the many strands of a diverse...
    Diversity in Primary History

  • Virtual Branch: Birds and British History

      Article
    In his recent book The Cuckoo's Lea Michael J Warren provides a exploration of how birds are entwined with British history, particularly in our place names.  Join us for an exclusive Q&A with the author to weave together literature, history and ornithology and discover a fascinating heritage that matters deeply now when so...
    Virtual Branch: Birds and British History

  • Virtual Branch Recording: Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife

      Lives of medieval women
    What was life really like for women in the medieval period? How did they think about sex, death and God? Could they live independent lives?  Few women had the luxury of writing down their thoughts and feelings during medieval times. But remarkably, there are at least four who did: Marie de France,...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife

  • Virtual Branch Recording: Food and drink in the medieval monastery

      Article
    In his recent book The Monastic World, Andrew Jotischky looks at how from the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a common sight throughout Europe. The history of monasticism is defined by the fierce and passionate abandonment of the ordinary comforts of life, the most striking being food and drink....
    Virtual Branch Recording: Food and drink in the medieval monastery

  • Virtual Branch Recording: Women and the Reformations

      Article
    The Reformations, both Protestant and Catholic, have long been told as stories of men. But women were central to the transformations that took place in Europe and beyond. What was life like for them in this turbulent period? How did their actions and ideas shape Christianity and influence societies around the world? ...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Women and the Reformations

  • Virtual Branch Recording: Magna Carta

      Article
    This month at the Virtual Branch, renowned medieval historian David Carpenter will delve into the enduring legacy of Magna Carta. Drawing on his recent work uncovering and authenticating a Magna Carta document in the United States, Carpenter will explore why both the dating and the content of this foundational charter...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Magna Carta

  • Recorded webinar: Natural disasters in medieval Britain

      Article
    Natural disasters frequently affected medieval populations. This webinar explores some examples of what happened when meteorological hazards struck medieval communities, how they reacted and what steps they took to protect themselves against future risks. Through archaeological and historical sources of evidence, Peter Brown explores the diverse impacts unleashed by disasters...
    Recorded webinar: Natural disasters in medieval Britain

  • Virtual Branch Recording: The Lines we Draw

      Article
    In this Virtual Branch Tim Franks, acclaimed BBC Journalist, talks about his personal history and identity drawing on his new biography The Lines we Draw: The Journalist, The Jew and an argument about identity.  We will delve into Tim's experiences as a journalist in some of the world's major conflict zones,...
    Virtual Branch Recording: The Lines we Draw

  • Recorded webinar: Indian Suffragettes: women's activism in South Asia and beyond

      Article
    Between 1917 and 1947, women in the Indian subcontinent were engaged in active debates and noteworthy demonstrations for the vote, building up a national suffrage movement. In this talk Professor Sumita Mukherjee discusses the activities of Indian suffragettes in this period, showing how they were connected with British and other...
    Recorded webinar: Indian Suffragettes: women's activism in South Asia and beyond

  • Recorded webinar: The post-emancipation Caribbean and the meanings of freedom

      Article
    This webinar examines the era of ‘post-emancipation’ in the Caribbean from around the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. It interrogates the notion of ‘emancipation’ and asks what kind of ‘freedom’ did abolition bring to the formerly enslaved? How did colonial states and other authorities seek to regulate the lives of...
    Recorded webinar: The post-emancipation Caribbean and the meanings of freedom

  • Recorded webinar: Researching the history of migration and refugees in Europe

      When the present informs the past
    Research on the history of migration continues to flourish and grow, but scholarship is also becoming increasingly splintered, often focusing on particular settings or population groups. Migration is often used as a way to discuss questions of national identity or diverse religious, ethnic, religious and local identities in the UK,...
    Recorded webinar: Researching the history of migration and refugees in Europe

  • Recorded webinar: Ottoman trade with Europe in the early modern era

      Article
    For European states in the early modern era the Ottoman empire represented a huge trading bloc, stretching at its height from Hungary in the west to Iran in the east, from Ukraine in the north to Egypt in the south, and along the southern shores of the Mediterranean to the...
    Recorded webinar: Ottoman trade with Europe in the early modern era

  • On-demand webinar series: Effective oracy in the secondary history classroom

      HA webinar series for secondary history teachers
    At the HA, we understand the importance of creating the next generation of history students who can not only write about history, but who can also effectively communicate their thinking through oracy. Current academic research highlights the importance of oracy for learning and the close relationship between being able to...
    On-demand webinar series: Effective oracy in the secondary history classroom

  • Research review series: History – July 2021

      Primary History article
    In this summary, Tim Lomas identifies key points presented in the history research review. Includes work of Ofsted Research and Evaluation Team.  1. More schools now seem to have adequate time for history. In primary, 1–2 hours a fortnight and in secondary, 2–4 hours. Provisional entries for 2021’s history GCSE...
    Research review series: History – July 2021

  • Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2021 - Rana Mitter

      How new is Asia’s ‘new era’?
    The 2021 Medlicott Medal recipient was Professor Rana Mitter, expert on Modern Chinese history and politics. Professor Mitter's Medlicott lecture was on the subject of ‘How New is Asia’s “new era”?’.
    Filmed Lecture: Medlicott Lecture 2021 - Rana Mitter

  • HA Secondary History Survey 2024

      Survey Report on History in Secondary Schools
    For the last 15 years the Historical Association has carried out an annual or biennial survey of history teaching in Secondary Schools. The survey data now provides us with an up-to-date insight into the successes, pressures and concerns in schools affecting history and how those factors have developed, changed or...
    HA Secondary History Survey 2024

  • Primary History Survey 2024: the results

      The HA's biennial survey of history in primary schools
    Children love history – it is accessible, interesting, there is a growth in diversity of content and it is inclusive for different abilities, according to our survey. This is down to the hard work and dedication of their teaching and support staff. It is great news for our young people....
    Primary History Survey 2024: the results

  • HA Honorary Fellows 2024

      HA awards
    Each year the Historical Association awards Honorary Fellowships to a small group of people. These awards are to recognise and celebrate outstanding services to history and to the Historical Association. The awards cover services to the Historical Association Branches (of which there are over 45 across the country), our committees and...
    HA Honorary Fellows 2024