Welcome to the West Surrey Branch of the Historical Association

Dear Members and Friends, Hope that you have all had a good summer.  After a year when the number of attendees at lectures has gradually increased, I am delighted to confirm our first post-pandemic programme to be held entirely in person at St. Nicolas Hall in Guildford.  Please do share ...

Tuesday 26 September 2023: The People of 1381. Prof. Helen Lacey, Mansfield College, University of Oxford, and Prof. Adrian Bell, University of Reading. Tuesday 17 October 2023: The Gentleman's Magazine: A Panorama of Georgian England. Julian Pooley, Surrey History Centre & The University of Leicester. Tuesday 14 November 2023: The ...

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 2023/24 could pay your subscription and return your membership form as soon as possible. Note that if you are a national membership of the ...

Julian Pooley, Surrey History Centre & The University of Leicester. Julian Pooley is Public Services and Engagement Manager at Surrey ...

Prof. Helen Hackett, University College London. What is the mind? How does it relate to the body and soul? These ...

Prof. Lawrence Goldman, St. Peter’s College, University of Oxford. Lawrence Goldman FRHistS  is the former director of the Institute of ...

Dr. Alana Harris, King’s College London. Out of Sight, Out of Mind? The Friends of Horton Cemetery was awarded a ...

Dr. Daniel Beer, Royal Holloway, University of London. Daniel Beer is Reader in Modern European History at Royal Holloway and ...

Prof. David Andress, University of Portsmouth. David Andress is a historian of the French Revolution, and of the social and ...

Prof. Zoltán Biedermann, University College London. Zoltán Biedermann is a historian of early global interactions occurring in the context of ...

Dr. Edward Madigan, Royal Holloway, University of London. When the British government declared war against Germany in August 1914, a ...