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  • Local History Month, May 2025

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    The Historical Association started Local History Month over two decades ago to highlight and support the incredible work that is done to research, record and preserve the histories of all places. Just as people are often intentionally or unintentionally put into hierarchies of importance for historical preservation, so are places....

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  • Teaching Indigenous Histories and Perspectives summer conference

    4th March 2025

    Registration is now open for the Teaching Indigenous Histories and Perspectives (TIHPS) summer conference on Saturday 28 June 2025. Heavily subsidised by the University of Sheffield, registration costs just £10 including catering for the day, and bursaries are available for travel and for attendance to enable as many people as possible to attend.  ...

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  • Poland and Lithuania: new podcasts

    28th February 2025

    The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was once the largest political partnership of Europe. When Poland and Lithuania came together in the 14th century they became key to the politics and trade of goods and ideas across Europe and with Asia. The Commonwealth’s cultural, linguistic and economic influence ranged across Central and Eastern Europe...

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  • Women’s History Month 2025

    28th February 2025

    March is Women’s History Month, so it’s time to pull out some of the great women of history. Only that is just a fragment of a not very representative picture – not least because many of the great women have already been written out of the popular narratives of history;...

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  • Primary History 99: Out now

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  • LGBTQ+ History Month

    3rd February 2025

    It is an ever-changing world and while some are celebrating the rainbow of LGBTQ+ others are simultaneously trying to wash it away. Here at the HA we are happy to be a champion of LGBTQ+ history. We are committed to a broad and inclusive understanding of history and are pleased...

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  • Course: Becoming an effective primary history subject leader

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    Book Now (Registration is via Cademy which opens in a new window. Please read the HA CPD terms and conditions before registering) Spring 2025 cohort Start date: Wednesday 22 January 2025, 4pm–5.30pm What does this course cover? This is an online course for developing history leadership in primary teaching. This term,...

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  • Primary History Survey 2024: the results

    21st January 2025

    Children love history – it is accessible, interesting, there is a growth in diversity of content and it is inclusive for different abilities, according to our survey. This is down to the hard work and dedication of their teaching and support staff. It is great news for our young people....

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  • Teach Climate History free event: climate action and history teaching in Aotearoa, New Zealand

    9th January 2025

    The climate crisis demands new approaches to education. One way teachers can respond is by making different choices about what and how we teach. In this talk, Michael Harcourt and Haimana Hirini present a project from Taitā College, a secondary school in Te Awakairangi, New Zealand, that integrated mātauranga (Indigenous...

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  • Short course: Britain and the Second World War – a global conflict

    6th January 2025

    Book Now (Registration is via Cademy which opens in a new window. Please read the course terms and conditions before registering) What does the course cover? 2025 is the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War – a conflict that defined the twentieth century and still has...

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