21 May 2019, Why do Empires end? Ancient Rome and the Modern West by Prof. Peter Heather, Professor of Medieval History, King’s College London. Peter Heather is a historian of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, currently Professor of Medieval History at King’s College London. He has held appointments at University College London and…
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30 April 2019 – From Satellite City to Global City: London 1500-1700
30 April 2019, From Satellite City to Global City: London 1500-1700 by Dr. Ian Archer, Associate Professor in History, Keble College, University of Oxford. One very distinctive feature of modern Britain is the sheer domestic dominance of London and its role as a world city. In the lecture, Dr. Ian Archer will look back to…
19 March 2019 – Disraeli and the Transformation of Victorian Conservatism, 1846-1880
On 19 March 2019, in what seems a rather topical issue – the survival of the Conservative Party, Professor Lawrence Goldman will look back to Disraeli and the Transformation of Victorian Conservatism, 1846-1880. Professor Lawrence Goldman is Senior Research Fellow, St. Peter’s College, University of Oxford. Born in London, he read history at Jesus College,…
West Surrey Historical Association Branch visit to Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 16th March 2019
Our visit this Spring will be to Dorchester-on-Thames, a village in south Oxfordshire quite close to Wallingford, on the opposite bank, which we visited a few years ago. Dorchester is chiefly celebrated for its beautiful abbey church, one of the oldest Christian sites in England, founded by the missionary, St Birinus, in 634. At one…
March 2017 Lecture
The popular perception by the general public of the relationship between England and France, has always been hostile, but in reality, the history of the relationship between the two countries, is a mixture of negatives and positives. The reality is that both countries need each other, despite repeatley refusing to acknowledge the fact. The rivalry…
February 2017 Lecture
After an absence of ten years, Professor Carl Bridge, of Kings College, London, returned to Guildford, to talk to the West Surrey branch on ‘From the Far Ends of the Earth: The British Empire and the Great War’ In 1904, the British government ordered an inquiry, into the possibility of Britain becoming involved in a…
26 February 2019 – The Rise and Fall of the British Nation
26 February 2019, The Rise and Fall of the British Nation by Prof. David Edgerton, Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History, King’s College London. In Professor Edgerton’s synopsis, he states that ‘This focus on the making and unmaking of the nation is at the core…
22 January 2019 – Not so much an empire more a world-system: the British empire in global perspective
22 January 2019, Not so much an empire more a world-system: the British empire in global perspective by Prof. John Darwin John Darwin is a Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Global and Imperial History, Nuffield College, University of Oxford. His main field of interest has been in the history of empires, both their rise and…
January 2017 Lecture
It was with great anticipation, that we welcomed back Dr Robert Saunders of Queen Mary, University of London, after an absence of two years, to talk to us on the vote that took place in 1975, on whether the United Kingdom should join the Common Market. On what proved to be a most interesting talk,…
January 2017 Newsletter
Dear Members and Friends, The 2016-7 season has drawn very large audience numbers of members and guests. We were approaching the limit of available seating on some occasions. School attendances have fluctuated greatly as to whether the topic is on the curriculum of local schools. Supporting the teaching of history in schools is the raison…