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History Journal Film: The Letters, Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell
History journal blog
The History journal team are delighted to launch their first in a series of films interviewing the authors at the cutting edge of historical research.
Today, we are thrilled to welcome John Morrill, professor emeritus of the University of Cambridge and emeritus fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Dr Joel...
History Journal Film: The Letters, Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell
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Blog off! Refreshing the public history blog
History journal blog
Image: Social media sites have provided a platform for fierce debates about the statues of slave traders such as Edward Colston.
Even if we think the so-called ‘culture war’ is an overinflated red herring, there’s no denying that some of the fiercest debates about history are occurring online. Contests over...
Blog off! Refreshing the public history blog
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School History FAQs
Article
These FAQs are designed to provide a starting point for people who are interested in what is taught in school history in England. Please note that education policy is devolved in the UK and so the situation differs in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These FAQs focus on state secondary...
School History FAQs
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More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach
27th February 2025
It’s been an especially grim start to 2025 for many in UK higher education. News in early January of cuts and job losses at the universities of Canterbury Christ Church, Northampton and Staffordshire has been followed by announcements from Cardiff, Durham, Newcastle, Reading and, once again, Kent. This, moreover, is...
More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach
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New editorial team for the journal ‘History’
26th November 2024
The Historical Association is pleased to announce a new editorial team of the journal History. The Humanities Department of Northumbria University will be hosting an outstanding group of academics and scholars as the new commissioners and editors of the journal which was founded in 1912.
Becky Sullivan, CEO of the...
New editorial team for the journal ‘History’
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Establishing a University-based HA Branch
Article
The following case study is based on my own experience of establishing the City of Lincoln HA branch, which is based at Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln, where I am a Senior Lecturer in History. The branch launched at the university on Wednesday 19th February 2014.
Members of the BGU...
Establishing a University-based HA Branch
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Talking to an HA Branch
Information
The inevitable answer is of course that branches differ in their audiences, with some having a smattering of academics, some with teachers and others largely made up with people with an interest in the subject but not professionally involved in history. That means some people will be relying on what...
Talking to an HA Branch
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Free webinar: Higher Education and Schools Collaboration project
8 November, 6.30–7.30pm
Promoting, supporting and sharing examples of collaboration between historians and schools.
Free webinar: 8 November, 6.30–7.30pm
Open to anyone: register here
In recent years a number of academics and academic institutions have worked with schools to develop relationships on knowledge and expertise that both parties benefit from. To promote and share the...
Free webinar: Higher Education and Schools Collaboration project
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Historical Association Secondary Survey 2021
Annual Survey Report on History in Secondary Schools
For the past 11 years we have been doing an annual survey into history teaching in secondary schools. This year our main focus was on the content of the history curriculum, examined with a particular focus on diversity.
It looks particularly at diversity understood in terms of race and ethnicity,...
Historical Association Secondary Survey 2021
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Higher Education Committee remit
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The HA's Higher Education Committee will:
raise awareness in the UK-wide HE sector of the work of and benefits offered by the HA
ensure that the HA continues to disseminate an up-to-date and appropriate understanding of the way History is taught, researched and interpreted in higher education to the teaching...
Higher Education Committee remit
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Support your branch: FAQs
Volunteering to help your local branch
Our local branches are all run by volunteers. Joining your local branch committee can be a wonderful way to get more involved with history.
What roles are there within each branch?
Each branch has three formal branch officers: the Chair (or President), the Branch Secretary and the Branch Treasurer.
Alongside those...
Support your branch: FAQs
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Podcasts: Britain and Transatlantic Slavery
Teacher Fellowship Podcasts from the Residential
Transatlantic slavery remains one of the most widely taught topics in secondary schools' history curricula and poses challenges of principle and practice that require considerable reflection and critical rigour. The 2019 Teacher Fellowship Programme on Britain and Transatlantic Slavery has explored the teaching of Britain's complex entanglement in transatlantic slavery...
Podcasts: Britain and Transatlantic Slavery
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Starting a new Branch
Organising and running an HA branch
The Historical Association and its branches
Branches have been an essential part of the Historical Association since it began. They exist in all parts of the United Kingdom and take a variety of forms.
A branch provides a local forum to bring together all those with an interest in history:...
Starting a new Branch
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Contribute an article to Teaching History
Contribute to our journals
Do you have an idea that you'd like to share with the Teaching History community? It's through member contributions that the HA maintains such a rich subject community – we'd love to hear from you!
Please don’t worry about being tentative, and please don’t worry if you have never written before! We really...
Contribute an article to Teaching History
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Contribute to ‘History’ journal
The Journal of the Historical Association
First published in 1912, History has been a leader in its field ever since. It is unique in its range and variety, packing its pages with stimulating articles, extensive book reviews, and editorial notes. History balances its broad chronological coverage with a wide geographical spread of articles featuring contributions from social, political, cultural, economic...
Contribute to ‘History’ journal
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HA Survey of English Secondary Schools
Survey
History Faces Extinction in English Schools
Pupils are receiving fewer and fewer hours of history teaching across secondary schools in England according to research by the Historical Association. The specially commissioned report discovered that:
Many children receive little or no history education after only two years of secondary school
48%...
HA Survey of English Secondary Schools
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Transition to University
What is the transition from sixth form to studying at University like?
In this series of short films history undergraduates answer questions about their experiences of the transition to university and about extended student engagement.
A joint project of the Historical Association and the History Subject Centre.
Transition to University
