Historian
Historian membership of the HA is for everyone who loves history. Support our important work and also enjoy a packed calendar of talks, walks and visits through our local branch network, our quarterly magazine The Historian with readable in-depth articles from history experts, plus our library of 350 podcasts. Find out about membership
History news
What's happening at the HA and in the world of history
- Your HA Virtual Branch
- Film series: Power and Freedom in Britain and Ireland, 1714–2010
- Historical Association Conference 2026 in Newcastle
- HA News, Spring 2026
- The Historian 169: Out now
- Local History Month 2026
- Protecting what matters?
- An interview with Professor James Daybell
- Annual General Meeting 2026
- The National Year of Reading 2026
- Bath Branch Centenary
- HistFest is back!
- British Science Week 2026
- Women’s History Month 2026
- The Historian 168: Out now
Events
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11 MayBranch
Military Walk around Llandudno by Adrian Hughes
Branch: Conwy Borough
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11 MayCPD
HA Webinar: Apartheid in global context: transnational dimensions of South Africa’s racial state
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11 MayBranch
Commemoration, re-commemoration and again? Contextualising competing memories of conflict in Northern Ireland
Branch: Lincoln
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11 MayLocal / Community
Online presentation: ‘The Ottoman World of Sports: Shared Activities and Exclusive Bonds in Late Imperial Istanbul’
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Filmed talks
- Virtual Branch Recording: 'Hidden Histories of the Viking Age'
- Virtual Branch Recording: Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War
On-demand short courses
Membership
What's on
- Historian events calendar – Spring 2026
- The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade
- The Maginot Line: a military, social and political defence project
Film series
- Film: Power and Protest in Ireland – 1714 to 1785
- Film series: Power and Freedom in Britain and Ireland, 1714–2010