I am very sorry to have to inform you that November’s lecture has been postponed. Julian Pooley has tested positive for coronavirus, unfortunately, and is not well enough to visit. Please spread the word to anyone you know was planning to attend. I will look to reschedule the lecture as part of next year’s programme….
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Note: Two lectures have swapped dates
Two of the lectures this year are having to be swapped, due to unforseen circumstance. The new dates are: Tuesday 18 October 2022 Prof. A. Curry – English views of Joan of Arc from the 15th to 21st centuries. Tuesday 17 January 2023 Prof. P. Corfield – The New Aristocracy of Talent in Eighteenth-Century Britain….
Branch AGM – 12th September 2022
The AGM of the Branch will be held at 7.30pm on Monday, 12 September. This will be held in accordance with the procedures set out by the Historical Association and, as last year, will be a Zoom Meeting of the Branch Committee. The Agenda is set out below. Any member of the Branch who wishes…
Chairman’s Newsletter – August 2022
Dear Members and Friends, I must start this newsletter by extending my thanks to Chris Mitchinson for his decade long stint as chair which is coming to an end this summer. I am sure that you will agree that he has been an excellent chair and has continued to discover new and engaging lecturers, even…
Notice for Visitors
Notice for Visitors to Lectures Admission is not guaranteed. We are pleased to be continuing the majority of lectures live in St Nicolas’ Hall. Some lectures may continue by Zoom – please check the website for information. In line with most venues we would ask that anyone suffering from Covid symptons or who has tested…
The 2021-22 Programme-Chairman’s View
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 two but it would greatly…
2021-22 Programme
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 how regionally diverse the built…
Tuesday 13 June 2023: The Assassination of Alexander II
The 2022/23 programme will conclude with Dr Daniel Beer considering The Assassination of Alexander II. Based at Royal Holloway, University of London, Dr Beer is the author of two ground-breaking books on Imperial Russia and has a particular interest in crime and punishment. More recently Dr Beer has had a series of articles published in…
Tuesday 16 May 2023: Contesting the Royal Succession in Mid-Tudor England
The Tudors are always a popular subject with branch members and school visitors alike, and Professor Paulina Kewes (Jesus College, Oxford) will present a fresh perspective on the period in her lecture Contesting the Royal Succession in Mid-Tudor England which will feature her current research into the reigns of Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth I….
Tuesday 25 April 2023: Sir Robert Peel, the Corn Laws and the Crisis of Conservatism
Another popular former speaker, Dr Robert Saunders, returns. Having previously spoken to us about Chartism – when he unforgettably broke into song – and Margaret Thatcher, on this visit he will address “The scum gathers when the nation boils”: Sir Robert Peel, the Corn Laws and the Crisis of Conservatism. Dr Saunders is Reader in…