Historical Association

It is World Book Day and here is a young HA supporter as Jardis from the Narnia books. What Book character would you dress up as for #WBD if your work encouraged it? Teachers - let us know if you have dressed up.

And we're off!

Thrilled to welcome school colleagues &KS5 students to our @uonsoe.bsky.social #HistoryEducation #SIG in collaboration with @uonhumanities.bsky.social Centre for US in World Studies & @histassoc.bsky.social Nottingham #historyteacher Network.

Our focus feels very pertinent! 1/

Your HA Virtual Branch

Register for our next Virtual Branch with Jane Rogoyska on 'Hotel Exile -The Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Ever since it opened, it has served as a meeting place for artists, musicians and politicians. It has a darker history, too' - join us 4 March 7.30 to find out more
www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...

Looking to expand your professional learning in March?
Sessions focus on subject knowledge, enquiry and curriculum thinking, with time for reflection and discussion.
View the calendar and book here: www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

Prof Alexandra Walsham (Cambridge), President of
@histassoc.bsky.social, specialises in the religious and cultural history of EM Britain. This talk will examine how C17th perceptions of Stonehenge and the historic landscape were shaped by the upheavals of Reformation and Civil War.

We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word!
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

A good introduction to HERs, a great resource for #OnePlaceWednesday and #LocalHistory for #OnePlaceStudies with a focus on old buildings and #archaeology.

New HA short course: Britain and the Romans

Great start to our new short course yesterday with Dr Louise Revell. There is still time to join and catch up. www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...

Power and the People – An Inclusive Histories Project This blog post was written by Jess Brown on behalf of a project between AQA and Royal Holloway, University of London. It is related to resources linked to marginalised voices that could be useful f…

Here's a new blogpost for One Big History Department (OBHD) @histassoc.bsky.social about a new project with AQA and Royal Holloway University about Inclusive Histories. Enjoy. onebighistorydepartment.com/2026/02/20/p...

Love learning about history?

HA members enjoy access to hundreds of articles, talks and recordings from historians, covering a wide range of periods and themes.

www.history.org.uk/membership

I was very excited ordering this up yesterday! Obviously, I then had to get the Jewish receipt rolls out where the serious excitement is to be found!

My photo shows the ruin of an eight-sided Roman brick lighthouse with four stepped levels. There is a central arched opening (doorway) at ground level. On the upper three levels, in line with the doorway, there are narrow rectangular window openings. The lighthouse stands 15.8 metres high and is 12.2 metres wide at the base. Roman fabric survives to a height of 12.5 m. The brickwork of the uppermost level was reconstructed for use as a church bell tower for the adjacent Anglo-Saxon church of St Mary in Castro, which can be glimpsed on the right-hand side of my photo. The lighthouse is dated circa 1st century to early- 2nd century AD. It was one of a pair originally built on each side of the Roman port of Dubris (Dover). The other does not survive. This lighthouse stands within the grounds of Dover Castle.

The Roman Pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩

It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.

📷 me

#Archaeology

Join our CPD webinar: From implementation to impact – evidencing learning and progress in history on 23 February, 4–5 pm. Discover practical, research-grounded ways to show meaningful pupil progress in history.
www.history.org.uk/events/calen...

Join our CPD webinar: From implementation to impact – evidencing learning and progress in history on 23 February, 4–5 pm. Discover practical, research-grounded ways to show meaningful pupil progress in history.
www.history.org.uk/events/calen...

A trolley loaded with archive document folders.

A very interesting day at Caversham today, and a reminder of the value of dedicated archivists - much of the most interesting material came from a file I hadn't thought to ask for, but which they knew would very probably be useful.

I'm looking forward to bringing this story to you in early April!

History: Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the present (RS936) - Swansea University We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

Please do share this doctoral opportunity with MA/MSt students - four years of AHRC funding to work on the history of children's play in Wales, supervised by me and the lovely and brilliant Dr Jacky Tyrie. Any questions get in touch! www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Our next HA talk is tomorrow, 6pm on Tuesday 10 Feb:

Mark Rothery will be talking about ‘“A Source of the Greatest Anxiety”: Visions of a Channel Tunnel between England and France in the Late Nineteenth Century’

All welcome! @histassoc.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visions-of...

Looking to develop your practice as a history teacher or subject leader this February? Our secondary CPD calendar brings together sessions focused on pedagogy, leadership, enquiry and scholarship. Explore what’s coming up and book your place:
www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

The queer question. Navigating the waters of historical queerness This post has been written by Meggie Hayes, History and Politics Teacher and Inclusion Lead at The Crypt School, Gloucestershire People are queer and people have always been queer. So it stands to …

In this week's OBHD Blog from @histassoc.bsky.social we have Meggie Hayes from The Crypt School writing about Queer History onebighistorydepartment.com/2026/02/06/t... #historyteacher

Here is the programme of talks for the Northampton-Leicester branch of the Historical Association. These are online and free to attend - all welcome!

The next talk is 6pm on 10 Feb and is about anxieties about the channel tunnel.

@histassoc.bsky.social

www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo...

As our new Modern Britain film series launches, we’d love to know which aspects of Britain’s modern history do students find most difficult to understand, and why?
Watch the series: www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...

The Jim Shields and Bob Unwin Bursaries

Training or an Early Careers teacher in Yorkshire or Lancashire?
Thinking of going to the @histassoc.bsky.social conference for the first time in May?
The Jim Shields and Bob Unwin Bursaries, in honour of two great teachers, may help you get there!
www.history.org.uk/aboutus/news...

A little more about why I'm sponsoring the 'Jim and Bob' @histassoc.bsky.social bursaries to enable conference attendance by two trainee or EC history teachers - why Jim and Bob were so important to me.
thinkinghistory.co.uk/Other/bursar...

Off to do a @histassoc.bsky.social talk in York about printing in early modern France, with a wee bit of how we do book history now, and only one holiday snap, which is pretty good for me

@histassoc.bsky.social we’ve got our Young Quills bookmarks ready to go! #historyteacher

Your HA Virtual Branch

Join us tomorrow for our first Virtual Branch talk of 2026 - it is free to listen to live and we start with the excellent @davidwoodman45.bsky.social on The First King of England: Aethelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom.
Register for your place
www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...

Congratulations, Sarah - definitely important to celebrate. I still have the acceptance letter for my first TH article in 1979 - next stage was publication, no proofs! @histassoc.bsky.social

Last chance to nominate an Inspiring History Teacher.

Know someone who has made a real difference through history teaching? Find out how to nominate and submit before the deadline.

Nominate here: www.history.org.uk/ha-news/news...

We got our student judges’ books for the @histassoc.bsky.social Historical Fiction prize today. Safe to say we were very excited to open that box of goodies, and plans are afoot to put together our expert panel of readers! #historyteacher #historicalfiction #YAFiction

Planning your term? Here’s what’s coming up for secondary history teachers this January - subject knowledge, leadership and practical CPD you can use straight away. Full line-up: www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...