Northampton Historical Association Programme 2025-26
Announcing the Northampton Historical Association Programme of talks in 2025-26.
28 January 2026
Research Blogs
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Gerry Gable: A Personal Reflection
In this short blog, Professor Paul Jackson reflects on some personal memories of Gerry Gable, who sadly passed away in January 2026.
19 January 2026
Call for Papers and Presentations – Emotion, Nationalism and Extremism: Contexts and Responses
Call for papers and presentations for a one-day conference on 12 June 2026 at the University of Northampton focused on the emotive nature of contemporary extreme right politics and culture.
18 December 2025
The Crusades and the online far right
In this blog, William Hatfield discusses how medieval themes are found in contemporary online extremist cultures.
4 December 2025
The CADE Roadshow visits the 2025 Learning and Teaching Conference
As part of the CADE Roadshow this year, TJ, Helen and Emma went out and about to chat to the organisers and presenters of the UON Learning and Teaching conference.
4 December 2025
CADE Roadshow 2025 – Dr Kardi Somerfield
The CADE Roadshow: research stories from the University of Northampton - Dr Kardi Somerfield talks about her research into and her passion for digital marketing and social media.
28 November 2025
The Extreme Right and its use of the medieval past to inform its profile
In this blog, Siobhán Hyland discusses her recent research into the ways in which British extreme right groups have used the medieval world from 1962-1982.
26 November 2025
Call For Papers: Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present
Participants for a two-day workshop in June 2026 at the University of Northampton are invited to present working papers related to political nostalgias, past and present.
17 November 2025
Developing an ethical appreciation of the use of AI in Sociology
Alice Wilby considers a simple task which allows students to reflect on why a simple reliance on the use of generative AI output could create misleading and overly simplistic outputs.
12 November 2025
Getting Medieval? The Extreme Right and the Distant Past
Rachel Moss introduces her new project, a systematic analysis of archival materials related to the inner workings of the British extreme right in a significant period of change for this…
17 September 2025
Parting thoughts: some reflections on the proliferation, use and misuse of (generative) AI and – in overview – what HE needs to think about with regard to student learning and assessment.
This guest post from Robin Crockett, who's about to retire after 30 years at the University, reflects on the proliferation of AI and possible ways forward for the (higher) education…
28 August 2025