The Historical Association is again proud to support the work of Archives and Archivists by presenting its award for Best Dissertation 2012. The winner is Ronan Deazley: 'The Yeti in the Archive: Copyright, Risk and Reform,' from the University of Glasgow. The judges said ' This is a hot topic that...

In response to a speech by Michael Gove on 9th May 2013, the following letter from 54 historians was published in The Times on 14th May 2013. As President of the Historical Association, I would like to thank the signatories for their support'. Professor Jackie Eales   Tuesday, 14 May...

First prize to Louisa Bruton for her dissertation: 'Avoir ou a voir: assessing the accessibility of foreign-language records in the archival repositories of the UK and Ireland' (unpublished MA, University of Liverpool, 2011) The judges thought this was an outstanding and sophisticated thesis that raised important questions, showed excellent archival...

May 2012 marks a special birthday for the Grimsby Branch of the Historical Association. To celebrate, the President, Professor Jackie Eales, will speak on the English Civil Wars on Friday May 18th at 7pm. All are welcome at this event. It will take place at the Markham Hall, St James's...

People like learning about history - its official. Time and again history is rated as a popular topic for television documentaries, radio programmes and the factual book lists. Historians are becoming celebrities just as 10 years ago chefs were. One of its strengths is that historical knowledge can be learnt...

The HA prizes for student dissertations from archivist postgraduate courses for 2010 have been awarded. First prize goes to Elizabeth Morgan from University College London, for her work on ‘Delivering Value for Money: why and how institutional archives should market themselves to their internal publics.' The judges agreed that her...

Whether you have children or not, whether you're a teacher or not, if you have a love of History this debate matters to you. The media and politicians like nothing better than to comment on what children do or do not know - and History gets it in the neck...