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 2^nd October 2025

Branch AGM, followed by

THE JOGGER, THE MUGGER AND THE HIPSTER:  URBAN ENCOUNTERS IN LATE 20^TH CENTURY BRITAIN

Professor Peter Mandler (Cambridge).

 

Thursday 6^th November2025

The Pam Carlson Memorial Lecture.

THE PRACTICE OF HISTORY IN THE 21^ST CENTURY: GENERATIVE AI, SOUND BITES, HYPERSPECIALISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Dr. Georg Christ (Manchester) 

 

Thursday 4^th December 2025

THE ROADS TO ROME: TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF TRAVEL ALONG THE ROUTES OF EMPIRE

Professor Caroline Fletcher (Manchester)

 

Lectures 2026

 

Thursday 15^th January 2026

THE HISTORY OF SHEFFIELD’S HOSPITALS (FROM WORKHOUSE TO WELFARE)

Dr. Jennifer Stephenson

 

Thursday 5^th February 2026

MARTIN LUTHER KING’S NON-VIOLENCE

Professor Peter Ling (Nottingham)

 

Thursday 5^th March 2026

IMPRESSIONS OF DISRAELI: MYTH MAKING AND THE MAKING OF A CONSERVATIVE TRADITION

Dr. Emily Jones (Manchester)    

 

Thursday 9^th April 2026

DOES WEALTH LEAD TO HEALTH? AT HOME WITH THE MEDICI FAMILY

Professor Tim Stephenson

 

Thursday 7^th May 2026

STONEHENGE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND MEMORY

Professor Alexandra Walsham (Emmanuel College Cambridge, and HA President)

 

Thursday 4^th June 2026

THREE HOUSES, THREE FAMILIES:  THE STORY OF WENTWORTH WOODHOUSE

Dr. Julie Banham

 

 

Events & Visits 2025 (Priority is given to Members)

 

Saturday 25^th October 2025 – 2nights (3 days).  North Yorkshire (Pickering and Malton)

Sunday 9^th November 2025 – Remembrance Sunday

Thursday 13^th 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 22^nd November 2025 – A Day out visiting Harewood House and a Guided Tour of Temple Newsham

Thursday 11^th 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 14^th February 2026 – Northern General Hospital Archives

Saturday 28^th March 2026 – A day out at Heights of Abraham

Saturday 18^th April 2026 – A day out in Buxton and Eyam

Saturday 23td May 2026  – 2 nights (3 days) Suffolk

Saturday 20^th June 2026 – A morning walk-Ranmoor Walk

Saturday 4^th July 2026 – President’s Lunch @ Florentine