The HA Conference offers an extremely strong line up of workshops and lectures, visits, keynotes and social aspects, to meet your needs whether you are a teacher looking for CPD and support or someone who has a love of history and wants to expand your knowledge. The HA Conference has something to offer and will inspire you whatever your needs.
Leading subject experts
As always, the HA Conference attracts expert speakers from across the history community, including leading historians in their field. At the 2025 Conference, we are pleased to welcome Diarmaid MacCulloch and Matt Cook as our keynote speakers. Michael Riley will deliver the Dawson Lecture and Alex Walsham, HA President and Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, will open the Conference.
Clockwork Classrooms
Carmel is honoured to be running 'Clockwork Classrooms' session at Historical Association conference in Liverpool May 9-10th.
Providing solutions for smooth-running history lessons, this is a highly practical pedagogical session based on over 30 years of classroom experience. A pic ‘n' mix of teaching takeaways, techniques and routines help to make learning sticky, build class camaraderie, develop classroom connoisseurs and encourage learner self-regulation. It is hoped that attendees will participate and experience 'the lesson/session' rather like their learners might!
Learning outcomes:
to take away easy-to-implement pedagogical ideas with minimal teacher preparation, leading to maximum student participation
to explore techniques to encourage recall, collaboration, a sense of community, high expectations, metacognition and autonomy
Friday: 13:30–14:30
Suitable for: Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5, teacher educators, mentors