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
- We’re hiring!
- HA short course: The World of the Normans
- The Historian 170: Out now
- Understanding VJ Day
- The Big Summer Read
- From gardens to coasts – a summer immersed in history
- Virtual Branch recording: The Maginot Line
- HA Conference 2027: call for papers
- South Asian Heritage Month 2026
- 250 years of independence for the United States
- Year of Reading: themes for July
- Virtual Branch Recording: A Brief History of the Coast in 100 Objects
- HA webinar series: American culture
Events
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15 AugBranch
The Sid Kidwell Memorial Lecture - Queen Elizabeth I and the Origins of the Swansea Copper Industry
Branch: Swansea
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24 AugLocal / Community
Western Land on Ottoman Shores: The Austrian Lloyd Steamship Company
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24 AugHA
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01 SepLocal / Community
The Levantine Frank community in Athens under Ottoman rule
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The Historian
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From 'The Historian' magazine
- Relief and resistance in Imre Kiralfy’s siege of Peking (1901)
- Out and about: The Witney Blanket Mills
Branches
Filmed talks
- VJ Day filmed talks: Global views of Japan and the road to the Pacific War
- Boudicca: facts, fictions and archaeology
On-demand short courses
Membership
What's on
- Historian events calendar – Summer 2026
- 1776 / 2026: The American War of Independence – the First Great Media War
- The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade
Film series
- Film: Power and Protest in Ireland – 1714 to 1785
- Film series: Power and Freedom in Britain and Ireland, 1714–2010