On June 18 2013 David Cannadine will formally receive the Historical Association's Medlicott Medal for Services to History. In anticipation of the evening awards event that will culminate in a lecture by Professor Cannadine, we met with the great man to reflect on his award and his career. During the...

The Historical Association Annual Conference York 10 - 11 May 2013 - a speedy review.Three hundred people attended for two engagning, challenging and very full days dedicated to history. Over the Friday and Saturday the corridors of the Park Inn York reverberated with the noise of lectures and workshops with...

To coincide with Local History Month in May, ASDAN has produced some activity sheets to support the local history unit of their History Short Course. You can access these activities here. If you are looking for an interesting yet accessible history course for all your Key Stage 4 students then...

The second lecture in the Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch "Cyberwarfare." Panel:  Professor Peter Jackson, Dr. Peter Mowforth and Mr. Tim Peacock. Professor Peter Jackson explained the origins of cyberwarfare with regard to the relationship between intelligence gathering about the activities or intentions of enemies or potential enemies and...

The first lecture in the Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch ‘Falklands War'(11/10/2012) Panel of speakers - Dr. Francis Lambert, Mr. Sandy Leishmann and Mr. Tom Ward.   Dr. Francis Lambert ( Previously at the Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Glasgow ) outlined the history of the still-contested sovereignty...

Marie Davidson of Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch of the Historical Association addressed the Glasgow District Council Committee on George Square Restoration on Friday 2nd November 2012 - this is a transcript of her speech. It is a great pleasure and privilege to speak to you at this consultation on...

Sixth lecture in Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch Dr John Finlay on "The Impact of Scots Law on Scottish History" Dr Finlay began with the early medieval  origins of Scots law and its international setting. Scots law took from Celtic law in Ireland, Norse  law from Scandinavia, English common...

The 4th Lecture in the Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch  Dr. Irene Maver on "Ardent Spirits" - ‘The history of the Scottish Temperance Movement in 19th century Glasgow and its founder John Dunlop of Maryhill.'   Dr. Irene Maver charted the rise of the organised temperance movement and its impact...

The third lecture in the Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch David Craig on "The Forgotten Convoy JW53" The Secretary welcomed Mr. Alexey Kulakov, Senior Consul at the Russian Federation Consulate in Edinburgh to hear David Craig. This account has been constructed to read like a ship's log, to catch...

"Revisiting William Wallace and the Declaration of Arbroath" talk by Professor Dauvit Broun  Professor Broun looked at ways of advancing knowledge and understanding through (1) The discovery of new original documents (2) The discovery of new information in a later document (3) The proposal of a new way to read...