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
- Film series: Power and Freedom in Britain and Ireland, 1714–2010
- HA short course: Britain and the Romans
- Historical Association Conference 2026 in Newcastle
- The National Year of Reading 2026
- Bath Branch Centenary
- HistFest is back!
- British Science Week 2026
- Women’s History Month 2026
- The Historian 168: Out now
- LGBTQ+ History Month 2026
- Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
- Historical anniversaries in 2026
- The Historian 167: Out now
- Disability History Month 2025
Events
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20 AprCPD
HA Webinar: An introduction to the HA Quality Mark
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20 AprBranch
Links between the American and French Revolutions
Branch: Gloucestershire
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21 AprBranch
From constitutionalism to catastrophe: The final decades of the Ottoman Empire.
Branch: West Surrey
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22 AprBranch
Visit to British Library
Branch: Central London
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The Historian
Read the latest edition of the HA's history magazine
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From 'The Historian' magazine
- Kangxi and Louis XIV
- Castle of Convergence: the Muslim settlement of Lucera
- Doing history: Remembering the Wars of the Roses
Branches
Filmed talks
Membership
What's on
- Historian events calendar – Spring 2026
- The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade
- The Maginot Line: a military, social and political defence project
Film series
- Film: Power and Protest in Ireland – 1714 to 1785
- Film series: Power and Freedom in Britain and Ireland, 1714–2010