Book now Autumn 2026 Cohort - Thursday 17 September, 4pm-5pm- Thursday 5 November, 4pm-5pm- Thursday 10 December, 4pm-5pm Spring 2027 Cohort - Thursday 7 January, 4pm-5pm- Thursday 25 February, 4pm-5pm- Thursday 18 March, 4pm-5pm Summer 2027 Cohort - Thursday 29 April, 4pm-5pm- Thursday 3 June, 4pm-5pm- Thursday 8 July, 4pm-5pm   If you have...

Book now Autumn 2026 cohort - Thursday 15 October, 4.45pm-5.45pm- Thursday 3 December, 4.45pm-5.45pm- Thursday 21 January, 4.45pm-5.45pm Spring 2027 cohort - Thursday 4 March, 4.45pm-5.45pm- Thursday 22 April, 4.45pm-5.45pm- Thursday 11 June, 4.45pm-5.45pm What is the History Teacher Development Programme? The History Teacher Development Programme is an immersive online programme aimed...

Join us this summer to explore how American culture has developed and influenced the wider world, in this new webinar series from the Historical Association. 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the United States’ independence. To reflect on this pivotal moment in global history, this series examines the ways in...

The Historical Association (HA) and History Teacher Educator Network (HTEN) Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Survey 2024 was conducted online by the HA and HTEN between July 2024 until November 2024. The HA and HTEN worked in partnership to gather data from teacher educators across the England about the position of...

This month is an opportunity to combine some of the big themes of June with reading. Anne Frank On the 12 June it would have been Anne Frank’s 97th birthday. Anne was murdered by the Nazis for being Jewish as one of the 6+ million victims of the Holocaust. Unlike millions...

There are over 29 million refugees around the world, and more than 100 million people have been displaced. The majority are children. These are just some of the current facts about refugees. Yet historically, refugee movements are nothing new. In times of war, famine and climate crisis, people have long...

‘History of all, for all’ is at the heart of the HA’s vision. That includes the histories of marginalised and discriminated groups, as well as the rich diversity of communities past and present. Marking Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month is an important part of that commitment. The month brings...

This Volunteers’ Week we want to say a huge thank-you to all our wonderful volunteers. The Historical Association – now 120 years old – could not continue to exist and to provide ‘history of all, for all’ without you. Volunteers form all of our committees and working groups, run our branches around the...

Like the light and the swallows, we headed northwards this year to Gateshead and Newcastle and as they would say up there ‘it was a belter’. For those with a taste for the medieval, or even just a desire to spread their wings in the North-east region, we had organised...

Each year, the Historical Association runs ‘Young Quills’, a competition for published historical fiction for children and young adults (14+). The Young Quills books for each year must be published for the first time in English in the year preceding the competition – so 2025 for this year’s selection. Our...