Race, Region and Rebellion: The Origins of the American Civil War 1846-1861 by Prof Lawrence Goldman, University of London. The American civil war lasted for 4 years, in which 700,000 Americans lost their lives. The Battle of Gettysburg had armies of 100,000 on both sides. One of the consequences of the American civil war, led…
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October 2020 Lecture Report – Accidental Death in Tudor Surrey
Accidental Death in Tudor Surrey: How People Died Reveals Much About How They Lived by Professor Steven Gunn, Professor of Early Modern History, Merton College, Oxford. Professor Steven Gunn is currently leading a research project, looking into 9,000 inquests from the 16th century. One may think that these 16th century inquests are just routine reports…
September 2020 Lecture Report – Whose Heritage?
Whose Heritage? Imperial trophies and national treasures from the Elgin Marbles to the Benin Bronzes. Emeritus Professor Tony Stockwell, Royal Holloway College, University of London. 29 September 2020 The original trophies, that were bought back to Europe, originally came previous ancient eastern Mediterranean cultures, with the most well know being the Elgin marbles, and the…
Chairman’s Note on the 2020-21 West Surrey Historical Association Programme
One of the joys of studying history is that current issues that seem so overwhelming and novel are on reflection merely the latest variants of problems that have recurred in many different eras, geographic locations and very different cultural milieus. Often as the person responsible for putting together the branch programme (albeit with more than…
Chairman’s Update 9th July 2020
Following the abrupt termination of the 2019-20 programme, the branch committee have been striving to establish a way forward that is in compliance with both Government regulations and with the safety of our members and speakers in the year ahead. The good news is that there will be a full programme of eleven lectures including…
HA West Surrey programme suspended
Dear Members and Friends, You will not be surprised to read that we have had to take the decision to cancel all remaining lectures of this year’s programme in addition to the planned trips to The Spike in Guildford and walk around Winchester with Professor Nigel Saul. As we are all confined to our homes,…
February 2020 Lecture – Aspects of American Foreign Policy in the Nuclear Age
Aspects of American Foreign Policy in the Nuclear Age by Dr Jonathan Hunt, University of Southampton. Dr Jonathan Hunt is shortly to attend a conference at the UN Headquarters, to commorate the 50th anniversary of the agreement to define which countries are allowed to have nuclear nuclear weapons, and which countries which develop nuclear weapons…
March Lecture Cancelled
Due to the current situation with the coronavirus we have decided to cancel this Tuesday’s lecture by Dr Lucy Wooding. Dr Wooding teaches at Lincoln College, Oxford, and has informed us that a number of students at the university have tested positive for coronavirus, with the first student to do so at Lincoln. We hope…
Chairman’s Newsletter – Christmas 2019
Dear all, The first half of the 2019-20 programme has seen some very interesting lectures and big attendances. As I mentioned in my last newsletter, the committee made a major effort to involve schools with the selection of topics. Our decision to focus on the Tudor period was a response to their input. The two…
November 2019 Lecture – The Tudor Rebellions
The Tudor Rebellions by Stephen David No English King had died on the battlefield since King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and Henry Tudor, according to propaganda, bought peace and stability to the country. By 1486, Lord Lovell a lifelong companion to King Richard III, organized a rebellion in Yorkshire, an area of traditional…