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
- HA Coronavirus response
- HA Virtual Conference Round-up 2020
- Your HA Virtual Branch
- Standing together in silence for Remembrance
- Film: The Origins of Mass Society - Speech, Sex and Drink in Urbanising Britain, 1780-1870
- Catch up on the latest updates with HA News
- HA Conference 2021: call for papers
- More than a month – Black History Month
- 100 years of the 19th Amendment
- HA Conference is going virtual for November 2020!
- 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower
- Film: Reimagining the Blitz Spirit
Events
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01 DecBranch
Tudor Propaganda: Early Modern ‘Fake News’?
Branch: Plymouth
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01 DecCPD
HA Webinar: His story or her story?
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01 DecBranch
The Crisis of the Meritocracy: How popular demand (not politicians) made Britain into a mass education society
Branch: Cambridge
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02 DecLocal / Community
Call for papers "Contending Representations: Questioning Republicanism in Early Modern Genoa (1559-1684)"
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 articles
Enjoyable expert history from The Historian magazine
- Exploring the witch craze
- The Origins of Mass Society: Speech, Sex and Drink in Urbanising Britain, 1780-1870
- What difference has the opening (and closing) of archives after 1991 made to the historiography of the Cold War?
- How is the source base of the twentieth century different from that of earlier periods?
- The amazing adventures of Pytheas the Greek
Book reviews
Historical books reviewed by history specialists
- In Cold War Skies: NATO and Soviet Air Power, 1949-89
- Rome: City in Terror – The Nazi Occupation 1943-44
- The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1639-51