Ahead of the start of this year’s programme next month, we would appreciate it if those of you who intend to join as associate members for 2025/26 could pay your subscription and return your membership form as soon as possible.Note that if you are a national member of the Historical Association then it is not…
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August 2025 Newsletter
Dear Members and Friends, I am delighted to announce our upcoming lecture series for the 2025-2026 season. We have a fascinating lineup of speakers who will be exploring a diverse range of historical topics, from religious conflict in England to the decline of empires and the birth of nations. Our lectures will again be held…
2024-25 Programme
24 Sept 2024 – Prof. Richard Hoyle, Visiting Professor of Economic History at the University of Reading – Celebrating the end of the harvest in the mid-nineteenth century. 15 Oct 2024 – The Graham Searle Lecture – Prof. Colin Jones, Emeritus Professor of Cultural History, Queen Mary, University of London – “With terror riding pillion”:…
2025-26 Programme Announced
West Surrey Branch Programme 2025/26 Entry to meetings is free for HA members and students. Associate membership of the branch which gives free entry to all meetings is £15 per year. Non-members £6 per meeting, payable at the door. Meetings on Tuesday except where stated. All meetings start at 7.30pm and will be…
August 20024 Newsletter & 2024-25 Programme
Dear Members and Friends, I hope that you are well and having a good summer. Earlier this year our branch President Graham Searle passed away. Graham served the branch as Chair for ten years, before another decade spent as President, but his impact went far beyond that. He was our primary contact point for local…
Membership Renewals
Ahead of the start of this year’s programme next month, we would appreciate it if those of you who intend to join as associate members for 2025/26 could pay your subscription and return your membership form as soon as possible. Note that if you are a national member of the Historical Association then it is…
Tuesday 20th May 2025 – Why was Britain first?
20 May 2025 – Prof. Emma Griffin, Professor of British History, Queen Mary, University of London – Why was Britain first? Rethinking the history of the industrial revolution.
Tuesday 19 May 2026 – The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan
19 May 2026 – Prof. Yasmin Khan, Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford – The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. Professor Khan, a specialist in the history of modern South Asia, will discuss the momentous and traumatic event of the 1947 Partition of British India. Her lecture will explore the complex…
Tuesday 29th April 2025 – The Court of Henry VII
Prof. Steven Gunn, Professor of Early Modern History, Merton College, University of Oxfor
Tuesday 21 April 2026 – From constitutionalism to catastrophe: The final decades of the Ottoman Empire.
21 April 2026 – Dr. Michael Talbot, Associate Professor in the History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Middle East, University of Greenwich – From constitutionalism to catastrophe: The final decades of the Ottoman Empire. Dr Talbot will guide us through the dramatic final decades of the Ottoman Empire, from the late 19th century to…