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  • The Development of the Navy through the 19th Century

      Nelson and the Royal Navy
    Professor Andrew Lambert outlines the key role of Nelson and the Royal Navy in Napoleon’s defeat, and the development of the navy through the nineteenth century; from technology and infrastructure to naval recruitment and the various reforms which took place during that period.
    The Development of the Navy through the 19th Century

  • Britain & Ireland in the early 19th Century

      19th Century Irish History
    In this podcast Professor Peter Gray of Queen's University Belfast looks at the origins of the demands for a change to the constitutional relationship between Britain and Ireland in the early 19th century and the factors that were leading to division between the Catholic and Protestant communities in this period.
    Britain & Ireland in the early 19th Century

  • Recorded Webinar: ‘Drawing the Line’: the 1947 Partition of India

      Article
    August 2022 marks 75 years since British India was divided at independence into two separate states: India and Pakistan (the latter including today’s Bangladesh). As with the 70th commemoration in 2017, this anniversary will trigger a great deal of collective remembering in Britain just as in South Asia itself. Freedom from...
    Recorded Webinar: ‘Drawing the Line’: the 1947 Partition of India

  • British & Irish Lesbian History in the 19th Century

      LGBTQ+ History
    In this podcast Dr Emma Vickers of the University of Reading discusses British Lesbian History in the 19th Century and passionate friendship.
    British & Irish Lesbian History in the 19th Century

  • Film: Attic Inscriptions

      Ancient Athenian Inscriptions
    Public Museums, National Trust Properties and private homes across the UK contain thousands of antiquities deriving from the ancient Greek world. Many of these were obtained by those who ventured upon the Grand Tour, a cultural expedition to Europe undertaken by wealthy young men in the eighteenth and ninteteenth centuries. In...
    Film: Attic Inscriptions

  • Everyday Life in a 17th Century English Village Episode 4

      Close-knit Communities?
    In this episode, Dr Hailwood investigates what the relationship between villagers might have been like four centuries ago. There can be a tendency to romanticise the ‘close-knit’ communities of a past age, but through a case study of a pub crawl in a Somerset village we come to see that...
    Everyday Life in a 17th Century English Village Episode 4

  • Everyday Life in a 17th Century English Village Episode 3

      Isolated and Insular?
    In this episode, Dr Hailwood (University of Bristol) examines whether rural villages were really as cut off from the outside world as is often assumed. The evidence of court records not only shows that people often travelled quite far as part of their work, but also that surprisingly high levels...
    Everyday Life in a 17th Century English Village Episode 3

  • Everyday Life in a 17th Century English Village Episode 2

      Working Life
    In this episode, Dr Hailwood (University of Bristol) uses witness statements from court records to reconstruct a ‘typical’ working day for 17th century villagers. Contrary to our expectations that men toiled in the fields all day whilst women were occupied with work around the home, the evidence reveals that both...
    Everyday Life in a 17th Century English Village Episode 2

  • Everyday Life in a 17th Century English Village Episode 1

      ‘Hard, Cold, Short?’
    In this episode, Dr Hailwood (University of Bristol) asks whether everyday life in English villages 400 years ago was really as uncomfortable and harsh as we generally tend to think. Not everybody died young, and although ‘creature comforts’ were not up to modern standards there is plenty of evidence that...
    Everyday Life in a 17th Century English Village Episode 1

  • The Development of the Irish Nationalist and Unionist Movements in the 19th Century

      19th Century Irish History
    In this podcast Dr Matthew Kelly of the University of Southampton discusses how the Nationalist and Unionist movements developed during the 19th century, looking at their initial objectives and the impacts these movements had on Anglo-Irish relations.
    The Development of the Irish Nationalist and Unionist Movements in the 19th Century

  • An Introduction to 20th Century African and Caribbean British History

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Hakim Adi gives an introduction to 20th Century African and Caribbean British History.
    An Introduction to 20th Century African and Caribbean British History

  • An Introduction to 19th Century African and Caribbean British History

      Podcast
    In this podcast Dr Hakim Adi of the University of Chichester gives an introduction to 19th Century African and Caribbean British History.
    An Introduction to 19th Century African and Caribbean British History

  • LGBTQ+ History Month 2026

      20th January 2026
    February is LGBTQ+ History Month and the Historical Association has spent a number of years ensuring that the ways in which the past has recorded and represented these communities has been included in our general output. A key issue of presenting the work of historians who are investigating this history...
    LGBTQ+ History Month 2026

  • Virtual Branch Recording: Women and the Reformations

      Article
    The Reformations, both Protestant and Catholic, have long been told as stories of men. But women were central to the transformations that took place in Europe and beyond. What was life like for them in this turbulent period? How did their actions and ideas shape Christianity and influence societies around the world? ...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Women and the Reformations

  • Virtual Branch Recording: 'Hidden Histories of the Viking Age'

      Embers of the Hands
    Eleanor Barraclough tells a richly detailed history of the Viking Age through the everyday objects and traces left by ordinary people, revealing the complex, lived realities behind the familiar saga‑era myths. Dr Eleanor Barraclough is a historian, author and broadcaster. Her most recent book, Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories...
    Virtual Branch Recording: 'Hidden Histories of the Viking Age'

  • Virtual Branch Recording: The First King of England

      Article
    Æthelstan was the early medieval king whose territorial conquests and shrewd statesmanship united the peoples, languages, and cultures that would come to be known as the 'Kingdom of the English.' In this panoramic talk, David Woodman draws on his research and recent book to create a portrait of this immensely...
    Virtual Branch Recording: The First King of England

  • Recorded webinar series: Jane Austen and Georgian England

      Multipage Article
    Join us for a journey through Georgian history, literature and society – all from the comfort of your own home. Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, this rich, interdisciplinary webinar series from the Historical Association delves into the vibrant world of the Georgians through the lens of one of...
    Recorded webinar series: Jane Austen and Georgian England

  • Recorded webinar: Revisiting the witch trials

      Article
    The East Anglian witch hunt under Matthew Hopkins, self-appointed Witchfinder General, has garnered a great deal of popular and historical interest over the years. An image has developed of a zealous, misogynistic young man serving crazed 'justice' against supposed witches, whipping up panic and turning neighbours against each other in...
    Recorded webinar: Revisiting the witch trials

  • Recorded webinar: The Cult of the Duce: Mussolini and the Italians at the time of Fascism

      Article
    The Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini understood more than other leaders of his generation the power of images and used them to great effect in building his personality cult which was central to Italian Fascism. In this illustrated webinar, Professor Giuliana Pieri will explore the evolution of the iconography of...
    Recorded webinar: The Cult of the Duce: Mussolini and the Italians at the time of Fascism

  • Virtual Branch Recording: The Lines we Draw

      Article
    In this Virtual Branch Tim Franks, acclaimed BBC Journalist, talks about his personal history and identity drawing on his new biography The Lines we Draw: The Journalist, The Jew and an argument about identity.  We will delve into Tim's experiences as a journalist in some of the world's major conflict zones,...
    Virtual Branch Recording: The Lines we Draw

  • Virtual Branch Recording: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World

      Article
    This talk explored the struggle for liberation from the perspective of the enslaved, wherever possible in their own words. Dr Sudhir Hazareesingh shines a light on the lives of revolutionaries like Toussaint Louverture, José Antonio Aponte, Nat Turner, and the pregnant rebel Solitude; touching on the stories of the freed...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World

  • Virtual Branch Recording: Assassins and Templars

      Article
    In this talk, Steve Tibble discusses the Assassins and Templars, two of history's most legendary groups. One was a Shi’ite religious sect, the other a Christian military order created to defend the Holy Land. Steve Tibble traces the history of these two groups from their origins to their ultimate destruction showing how they survived...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Assassins and Templars

  • Virtual Branch Recording: Magna Carta

      Article
    This month at the Virtual Branch, renowned medieval historian David Carpenter will delve into the enduring legacy of Magna Carta. Drawing on his recent work uncovering and authenticating a Magna Carta document in the United States, Carpenter will explore why both the dating and the content of this foundational charter...
    Virtual Branch Recording: Magna Carta

  • Recorded webinar: Indian Suffragettes: women's activism in South Asia and beyond

      Article
    Between 1917 and 1947, women in the Indian subcontinent were engaged in active debates and noteworthy demonstrations for the vote, building up a national suffrage movement. In this talk Professor Sumita Mukherjee discusses the activities of Indian suffragettes in this period, showing how they were connected with British and other...
    Recorded webinar: Indian Suffragettes: women's activism in South Asia and beyond

  • Recorded webinar: The post-emancipation Caribbean and the meanings of freedom

      Article
    This webinar examines the era of ‘post-emancipation’ in the Caribbean from around the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. It interrogates the notion of ‘emancipation’ and asks what kind of ‘freedom’ did abolition bring to the formerly enslaved? How did colonial states and other authorities seek to regulate the lives of...
    Recorded webinar: The post-emancipation Caribbean and the meanings of freedom