Historian
Historian membership of the HA is for everyone who loves history. Support our important work and also enjoy a packed calendar of talks, walks and visits through our local branch network, our quarterly magazine The Historian with readable in-depth articles from history experts, plus our library of 350 podcasts. Find out about membership
History news
What's happening at the HA and in the world of history
- Your HA Virtual Branch
- Catch up with HA News
- Holocaust Memorial Day 2022
- Historical anniversaries in 2022
- The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
- The Historian 151: Out now
- Disability History Month
- HA Branches Tour 2022: Portsmouth and the defence of the realm
- HA awards evening round-up
- Catch up with HA News
- 20th anniversary of 9/11 – a personal reflection
- HA Annual Awards Evening 2021
Events
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19 JanBranch
The Debate over U.S. Entry in to World War Two
Branch: Nuneaton
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19 JanBranch
Hearing the Word: The Bible, the Prayer Book and Public Worship from Cranmer to 1660
Branch: Isle of Wight
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19 JanBranch
Economic Growth and Welfare (title tbc)
Branch: Bucks
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19 JanCPD
HA Webinar: Super sequencing: planning effective schemes of learning/schemes of work
The Historian
Read the latest edition of the HA's history magazine
View all in The HistorianHistorical Periods
- Exploring Twentieth-Century History
- Journeys Home: Indian forces and the First World War
- Podcast Series: Medieval Scotland
- Podcast Series: Women in Ancient Greece & Rome
Branches
Get involved with your local HA branch
View all in BranchesLatest resources
Enjoyable expert history: podcasts, films and 'Historian' magazine articles
- Film: Using 'One Day' to explore the actions that helped to lead to the Holocaust and actions of genocide
- Virtual Branch Film: What a strange place to be buried
- Capturing public opinion during the Paris Commune of 1871
- Old age care in the time of crisis: London in the sixteenth century
- Out and About in South London
Book reviews
Historical books reviewed by history specialists
- The Historic Sporting Landscape
- Beleaguered and Besieged: A Year in a Place of Rocks
- The Radical Potter: Josiah Wedgwood and the Transformation of Britain
- Frans Hals: The Male Portrait