Sheffield Branch Programme

All enquiries to Janine Baigent janine.baigent@hotmail.com
Meetings are held at the Lecture Theatre, Grayson Building, Birkdale School, Oakholme Road, S10 3DH. Entrance via the Endcliffe Grange Crescent gate. Parking available.
Date is usually the first or second Thursday of the month, doors will open at 7 pm and the lecture will start at 7.30 pm promptly
Associate Members will receive an Annual Subscription Request for £20 to be paid prior to the AGM please. National Members attend free of charge, visitors £5
Sheffield Branch Programme 2025-26
Lectures 2025
Thursday 2nd October 2025
Branch AGM, followed by
THE JOGGER, THE MUGGER AND THE HIPSTER: URBAN ENCOUNTERS IN LATE 20TH CENTURY BRITAIN
Professor Peter Mandler (Cambridge).
Thursday 6th November2025
The Pam Carlson Memorial Lecture.
THE PRACTICE OF HISTORY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: GENERATIVE AI, SOUND BITES, HYPERSPECIALISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Dr. Georg Christ (Manchester)
Thursday 4th December 2025
THE ROADS TO ROME: TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF TRAVEL ALONG THE ROUTES OF EMPIRE
Professor Caroline Fletcher (Manchester)
Lectures 2026
Thursday 15th January 2026
THE HISTORY OF SHEFFIELD’S HOSPITALS (FROM WORKHOUSE TO WELFARE)
Dr. Jennifer Stephenson
Thursday 5th February 2026
MARTIN LUTHER KING’S NON-VIOLENCE
Professor Peter Ling (Nottingham)
Thursday 5th March 2026
IMPRESSIONS OF DISRAELI: MYTH MAKING AND THE MAKING OF A CONSERVATIVE TRADITION
Dr. Emily Jones (Manchester)
Thursday 9th April 2026
DOES WEALTH LEAD TO HEALTH? AT HOME WITH THE MEDICI FAMILY
Professor Tim Stephenson
Thursday 7th May 2026
STONEHENGE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND MEMORY
Professor Alexandra Walsham (Emmanuel College Cambridge, and HA President)
Thursday 4th June 2026
THREE HOUSES, THREE FAMILIES: THE STORY OF WENTWORTH WOODHOUSE
Dr. Julie Banham
Events & Visits 2025 (Priority is given to Members)
Saturday 25th October 2025 – 2nights (3 days). North Yorkshire (Pickering and Malton)
Sunday 9th November 2025 – Remembrance Sunday
Thursday 13th November – HA Great Debate: How important are personal and public records as evidence for explaining the story, or stories, of your local area? – TBC
Saturday 22nd November 2025 – A Day out visiting Harewood House and a Guided Tour of Temple Newsham
Thursday 11th December – Annual Dinner with guest speaker Emeritus Prof. Richard Carwardine (Oxford)
Events & Visits 2025 (Priority is given to Members)
January 2026 (date TBC) – Heritage Fair
Saturday 14th February 2026 – Northern General Hospital Archives
Saturday 28th March 2026 – A day out at Heights of Abraham
Saturday 18th April 2026 – A day out in Buxton and Eyam
Saturday 23td May 2026 – 2 nights (3 days) Suffolk
Saturday 20th June 2026 – A morning walk-Ranmoor Walk
Saturday 4th July 2026 – President’s Lunch @ Florentine