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28th September meeting. Notice for Visitors. Admission is not guaranteed. We are pleased to be returning to St Nicolas’ Hall for the first time since the pandemic began. However the pandemic is not over and we ask for co-operation in observing safety measures. If you are experiencing any covid-19 symptoms (including ...
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We hope that the vast bulk of the meetings will be live at St. Nicolas Hall but we will finalise plans in the light of the latest covid background in mid-September. (Please watch out for confirmatory e mails). Options range from live meetings to Zoom or some combination of the ...
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28 September 2021 Professor John Blair, Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology, Queen's College, University of Oxford. Was there such a place as Medieval England?  In his Building Anglo-Saxon England, Professor Blair radically changed perceptions by analyzing hundreds of recent excavations that enable historians to grasp for the first time ...
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Professor John Blair, Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology, Queen's College, University of Oxford. Was there such a place as ...
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Professor Peter Mandler, Professor of Modern Cultural History, University of Cambridge. The Crisis of the Meritocracy: How Popular Demand (not ...
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Professor Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St Cross College, University of Oxford. From Conflict ...
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Dr Katie Donington, Lecturer in History, London South Bank University. Britain and the Legacies of Slavery. Detailed studies have revealed ...
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Dr Helen Paul, Lecturer in Economics and Economic History, University of Southampton. The Myths of the South Sea Bubble. Dr ...
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Dr John McAleer, Associate Professor in History, University of Southampton. The East India Company: The corporation that changed the world ...
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Dr Simon Elliott, Hon. Research Fellow, University of Kent. Septimius Severus in Scotland: The Northern Campaigns of the Great Warrior ...
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George Morton-Jack. The Indian Empire at War. The response to the publication of The Indian Army at War, a ground ...
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Professor Michael Hicks, Professor Emeritus, University of Winchester. Richard III – The most Infamous King. After a lifetime of study ...
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Annie Garthwaite. Author of the highly acclaimed historical novel CECILY. Hailed by some as the new Hilary Mantel. Cecily Neville, ...
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