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The Historical Association is the voice for history. For over 100 yrs we have brought, teachers, students, academics and enthusiasts together to explore the past and inspire future historians. We provide digital and in-person resources. www.history.org.uk
The HA’s Modern Britain films can support KS4 units on identity, migration and protest by offering clear historical context, expert insight and accessible narratives.
Watch the series: www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...
Don't miss out on Early Bird tickets for HA Annual Conference. Highlights include a keynote on 'Workers and the making of the modern world'; Teaching Migration Histories; and teaching students to think historically in an age of generative AI. @migrationmuseum.org www.history.org.uk/aboutus/news...
And thanks to the many archives, museums, resources, and organisations we’ve been able to champion in the full report. These include: @histassoc.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @lselibrary.bsky.social @teachmedwomen.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @reteachuk.bsky.social
For anyone who can't listen to BBC Sounds (or even if you can), have a look at our George Widdows exhibition on our Google Arts & Culture page to find out more: artsandculture.google.com/story/DQXBBo...
#20thCentury #schools #architecture
Our Archives and Local Studies Manager Sarah met up with Glenn Jones from Radio Derby to talk about George Widdows, the architect who revolutionised school design in the early 20th century by putting the wellbeing of children first. Listen on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0n4vfhl
Calling all History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’ with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela 18 March, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury Info
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @jessicareinisch.bsky.social
Just trying to narrow down my top 5 picks for the @hrp-palaces.bsky.social and @histassoc.bsky.social inspiring teacher awards for the North East and Yorkshire! Good grief the standard is astonishing.
Happy International Wildlife Day! These little critters live in the garden of the office of @histassoc.bsky.social
Beautiful urban wildlife in London ❤️🌳🏙️
What if some maths was formally part of the History curriculum? History gives maths more context and its stories can captivate students. @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy and I are at the @histassoc.bsky.social conference in May, aiming to talk to hundreds of history teachers. www.haconference.com
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/
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.
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...
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!
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 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!
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...
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...