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North London Branch Programme
Branch Programme
All meetings will be held at 8pm at the Jubilee Hall, 2 Parsonage Lane, Enfield, EN2 0AJ.
Street parking nearby. Nearest stations Enfield Chase (10 mins walk) and Enfield Town (15 mins).
Please contact Robert Malleson, Branch Secretary for details at rpmassociates1@aol.com .
Non-members welcome (£2 per meeting at Hall). ...
North London Branch Programme
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Bolton Branch Programme
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Branch contact All enquiries to Mrs Melissa Wright mwright@boltonschool.org.uk 07912369060
Venue: All talks start at 6.30pm on (mostly) the first Monday of the month, and take place in the Leverhulme Suite @ Bolton School Girls’ Division, Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4PA. Parking free in the Girls’ Division Quad.
Associate...
Bolton Branch Programme
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Who are we?
Information
There are many ways you can support our work to bring history to all:
Become a Member
Make a donation
Contribute an article
Other ways to support us
We are a registered charity incorporated by Royal Charter (charity no. 1120261). We support the teaching, learning and enjoyment of history at all...
Who are we?
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The International Journal Volume 9 Number 1
International Journal
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research
Volume 9, Number 1 - July 2010
ISSN 1472-9466
1. Editorial - Hilary Cooper and Jon Nichol
2. Articles
Current reflections - 2010, on John Fines' Educational Objectives for the Study of History:
A Suggested Framework and Peter Rogers' The New History,...
The International Journal Volume 9 Number 1
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Reading at A-Level
Student Guides
This resource is free to everyone. For access to a wealth of other online resources from podcasts to articles and publications, plus support and advice though our “How To”, examination and transition to university guides and careers resources, join the Historical Association today
At A-Level, in most subjects there is...
Reading at A-Level
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Bournemouth, Christchurch, & Poole Branch Programme
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There is an admission charge of £5 for non- HA members and £3 for students at Monday lectures. Associate membership of the branch is £20 per year.
Monday evening lectures take place at 7.25 pm at the West Cliff Hotel, Durley Chine Rd BH2 5JS. Free parking is available in the...
Bournemouth, Christchurch, & Poole Branch Programme
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Advice on Public Speaking
Podcast
At the Taunton/South West England heat of the Great Debate the head judge, Marcus Paul (Deputy Head of Queens College, Taunton), gave some valuable tips on public speaking.
If you are interested in public speaking or want to take part in our next Great Debate competition this podcast will prove...
Advice on Public Speaking
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Norfolk & Norwich Branch Programme
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Norfolk and Norwich Branch Programme 2025
Branch Contact: norwichha@gmail.com
Venue: Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Hill, Norwich, NR1 3JU
Events/Tours/Walks are currently charged at £5 per event or an annual regional membership fee of £15. (These fees will apply from September 2024–August 2025 and are subject to annual review.)
After...
Norfolk & Norwich Branch Programme
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Women and the Crusades in Europe and the Near East
Podcast
In 2023, Emerita Professor Helen J. Nicholson (Cardiff University), published her book Women and the Crusades. This book surveys women's involvement in medieval crusading between the second half of the eleventh century, when Pope Gregory VII first proposed a penitential military expedition to help the Christians of the East, and 1570,...
Women and the Crusades in Europe and the Near East
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Terms and Conditions
Information
Terms and Conditions1. Who we are and contact detailsThe Historical Association (HA) is an independent charity largely funded through membership subscriptions and our academic publishing. The objects for which the Association was established are to advance the study and teaching of history. Our address is The Historical Association, 59a Kennington...
Terms and Conditions
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History Teacher Development Programme
Autumn 2025 cohort
The History Teacher Development Programme is an online course aimed at history teachers who want to re-focus their attention on teaching ambitious and rigorous history.
Are you a relatively new teacher coming to the end of your ECT years?
Are you a more experienced teacher who wants to re-engage with...
History Teacher Development Programme
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Subject Leader Development Programme
Autumn 2025 cohort
Welcome to the Historical Association's online course for developing subject leadership in history teaching. Led by a team of 6 experienced subject leaders, including Hugh Richards, Sharon Aninakwa, Ruth Lingard, David Hibbert, Elizabeth Carr and Catherine Priggs, this course will equip history leaders fully for the demands of the role and...
Subject Leader Development Programme
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What do we do?
Our work
There are many ways you can support our work to bring history to all:
Become a Member
Make a donation
Contribute an article
Other ways to support us
We bring together people who share an interest in, and love for the past and to further the study and teaching and enjoyment...
What do we do?
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Teacher Fellowship programme: The Caribbean, Monarchy and Legacies of Empire
Teacher Fellowship programme 2025
Although twelve Caribbean colonies gained independence during Elizabeth II's reign, only four opted to become republics (most recently Barbados, in 2021) and eight retain the British monarch as head of state to this day. Emphasising Caribbean sources and perspectives, this Teacher Fellowship programme examines the role of the British monarchy in the...
Teacher Fellowship programme: The Caribbean, Monarchy and Legacies of Empire
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HA Branches in the South East
Branch details by region
Beckenham & Bromley Branch
Branch contact: Mrs A Wagstaff 020 8777 7742 aj60@dial.pipex.com
Cost: Entry to meetings is free for HA members and £2 for visitors.
Associate membership of the branch is £12 for 2024/25 or £19.50 with our monthly news bulletin, The Beckenham Historian.
Venue: All meetings take place at 7.45...
HA Branches in the South East
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HA Branches in the South West
Branch details by region
Bath Branch
Entry to lectures is free for national HA members and Bath branch local members who have paid an annual subscription. Visitors are welcome and are asked to pay £5 per lecture.
For more information please contact Mike Short, Branch Secretary, mikeshort20@btinternet.com or 01225 812945.
Lectures begin at 7.30 pm at...
HA Branches in the South West
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Teacher Fellowship programme: Henry on Tour: Teaching the royal progresses of Henry VIII
Teacher Fellowship programme 2025
With an emphasis on sustained professional development, the HA Teacher Fellowship programme aims to bring teachers up to date with the latest historical research and how to apply this in their teaching. We are delighted to be running this funded Teacher Fellowship programme in partnership with the AHRC-funded Henry on...
Teacher Fellowship programme: Henry on Tour: Teaching the royal progresses of Henry VIII
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History Teacher Development Programme
Spring 2025 cohort
The History Teacher Development Programme is an online course aimed at history teachers who want to re-focus their attention on teaching ambitious and rigorous history.
Are you a relatively new teacher coming to the end of your ECT years?
Are you a more experienced teacher who wants to re-engage with...
History Teacher Development Programme
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Subject Leader Development Programme
Summer 2025 cohort
Welcome to the Historical Association's online course for developing subject leadership in history teaching. Led by a team of 6 experienced subject leaders, including Hugh Richards, Sharon Aninakwa, Ruth Lingard, David Hibbert, Elizabeth Carr and Catherine Priggs, this course will equip history leaders fully for the demands of the role and...
Subject Leader Development Programme
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Subject Leader Development Programme
Spring 2025 cohort
Welcome to the Historical Association's online course for developing subject leadership in history teaching. Led by a team of 6 experienced subject leaders, including Hugh Richards, Sharon Aninakwa, Ruth Lingard, David Hibbert, Elizabeth Carr and Catherine Priggs, this course will equip history leaders fully for the demands of the role and...
Subject Leader Development Programme
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Teacher Fellowship programme: Teaching the economic history of colonialism in Africa and Asia
Teacher Fellowship programme 2024
This funded Teacher Fellowship programme is running in partnership with the Department of Economic History at LSE, exploring the economic history of colonialism and empire in South and South-East Asia, Africa and the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
This rigorous programme seeks to develop participants’ awareness of...
Teacher Fellowship programme: Teaching the economic history of colonialism in Africa and Asia
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The Mayflower voyage and the English settlement of North America
Early Modern North America
The 1620 Mayflower voyage was the result of the desire of a religious Christian group, the Puritans, who wished to break away from the Church of England and create a new community away from Catholic-influenced Europe. Plans for the voyage were fraught with problems in the summer of 1620, and the...
The Mayflower voyage and the English settlement of North America
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The secret diaries of William Wilberforce
Historian article
John Coffey shows us what insights can be gained from the diaries of leading abolitionist, William Wilberforce.
The diary is a distinctively modern genre... In English, the first diaries date from the Tudor era, but it is in the seventeenth century that the trickle becomes a flood. Alongside the famous...
The secret diaries of William Wilberforce
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Old age care in the time of crisis: London in the sixteenth century
Historian article
In her lecture to the General Strand of the HA Conference, Christine Fox describes the successes and failures of London institutions in dealing with the sixteenth-century crisis of poverty and elderly care.
In late medieval and early modern thinking, human life was divided into three stages; youth, maturity, and old age. The latter...
Old age care in the time of crisis: London in the sixteenth century
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The cultural biography of opium in China
Historian article
Zheng Yangwen shows that despite its association with trade, war and politics, opium was first of all a history of consumption.
Opium has fascinated generations of scholars and generated excellent scholarship on the opium trade, Anglo-Chinese relations, the two opium wars, and Commissioner Lin. The field has diversified in the post-Mao...
The cultural biography of opium in China
