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History Journal is the official journal of the Historical Association. Hosting a range of accessible research-driven features written by academic researchers from all stages of career and study,  archivists, and practitioners, our online offering is an extension of the Historical Association’s work in public…

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This summer, History was delighted to host an open letter to the Home Office that called for an urgent review of historical claims made within the UK Immigration ‘Life in the UK’ Test. This letter has now been signed by over 600 academics from…

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In addition to academic article submissions to our print journal, we welcome contributions to the website from a range of geographical, methodological or historical perspectives, and from all levels of study inside and outside ‘the academy’. History blog posts or other features can be…

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Material Culture and Identities: The Case of Eighteenth Century Toby Jugs

Kerry Love A main principle of material culture theory (the study of objects and their relationships to people) is that they can reflect or shape the people who lived alongside them in any given time. I have always enjoyed studying objects more than any…

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Historical Association

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HMT Dunera 80 years on: How rough justice changed the life of a child refugee to Britain

Rachel Pistol and Melissa Strauss 2020 marks the 80th anniversary of when 2,546 men were deported from Britain to Australia on the HMT Dunera. The convict ships of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries may have ceased their travels some 70 years before but that did not…

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Historical Association

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Everyday Decolonisation: the local museum in 2020

Pippa Le Grand A few Monday mornings ago, I stood outside Weston Park Museum, Sheffield, enjoying my job and welcoming visitors. There were few enough around that I was able to gaze at the frieze over the door and even discuss it at length…

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Historical Association

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