This year the Historical Association's Medlicott medal for services to history went to Professor Sir Richard Evans. Richard Evans is the Regius Professor of History at Cambridge and President of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He has written numerous highly respected and internationally best-selling books. Evans is bests known for his works on...

From the 28 June 1914 till the end of July 1914 the world held its breath; would Europe be thrown into war? We now know that the answer was yes.Diplomacy had failed, some would say it never really stood a chance, others will argue that nothing was inevitable until the...

The Historical Association announces the winners of the Young Quills for Historical Fiction 2013 The ‘Young Quills' Award for Historical Fiction recognises the powerful role that fiction can have for introducing, informing and exciting young people about historical events, characters and places. The competition has two categories - Primary and...

On Saturday 28th of June it will be 100 years since the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated with his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. As everyone knows or will know after this summer that assassination led to the start of the First World War.The young man who fired the shot Gavrilo...

Write Your Own Historical Story Competition and the Joan Blyth Memorial Prize 2014. Once again the competition has been a success with 101 stories from 40 schools across the country, and a couple from abroad. All the entries are admirably creative. Our young writers have chosen to set their stories...

We are delighted to announce that Professor Justin Champion was confirmed as President to succeed Professor Jackie Eales at the AGM on 16 May 2014. Justin is a strong advocate of public history and is involved with the HA's Public History Committee. He is Professor of the History of Early...

We are delighted to be presenting the Medlicott Medal for Services to History to Professor Sir Richard Evans who will be giving a talk on:Britain, Germany and the Origins of the First World WarWednesday 9 July, 6pm  - 8.30pm, The MacMillan Hall, Senate House, University of LondonBefore the main award we will...

During her term as President, Professor Jackie Eales instituted the President's Award for Students. The Award is given by HA branches to students in their region and we were delighted to make our first twenty awards last year and are hoping to see more this year. Each HA Branch can...

Curriculum Planning: which non-European society might we offer at school?‘A non-European society that provides contrasts with British history - one study chosen from: early Islamic civilization, including a study of Baghdad c. AD 900; Mayan civilization c. AD 900; Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900-1300.'That's quite clear then - there's...

This year it was in Stratford upon Avon. Just what the home of literature needed, over 350 historians to descend on it - well that is what it got! It was a hugely successful event (if we say ourselves) with three keynote lectures and over 55 workshop sessions plus walking...