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.
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Whose Heritage? 29th September 2020
Whose Heritage? Imperial trophies and national treasures from the Elgin Marbles to the Benin Bronzes by Emeritus Professor Tony Stockwell, Royal Holloway College, University of London.
Links to Online Resources
The Historical Association The Historical Association Membership Surrey’s Museums and Galleries History & Heritage in Surrey (Visit Surrey) Exploring Surrey’s Past Surrey Historic Buildings Trust Surrey Gardens Trust
Directions
St. Nicolas Hall, Bury Street, Guildford, GU2 4AW. The nearest car park is Portsmouth Road Car Park – behind the George Abbot pub. .
Meet the Committee
Matthew Smith – Chair Matthew read history at King’s College London, specializing in the medieval nobility and gentry and the reign of Henry II. After teaching history and politics at secondary school level, he spent time living in Germany before moving to Guildford in early 2012. Valerie Haye Valerie Haye has master’s degrees in arts and social work….
2018-19 Programme
——————————————————————————————————– The 2018-9 programme has two themes. The first reflects that the road to the ending of World War One in 1918 saw the demise of many empires; Russian, Prussian, Hapsburg and Ottoman. ——————————————————————————————————– 25 September 2018 Prof. David Stevenson, Stevenson Professor of International History, LSE: The Road to the Armistice: how the First World…
2017-18 Programme
Tuesday 26 September 2017 Dr Gareth Davies, St. Anne’s College, The University of Oxford The Political Legacy of the Sixties in the USA Tuesday October 17, 2017 George Goodwin FRHistS, Author and Historian, 2017 Eccles Centre Makin Fellow at the British Library, 2017 International Fellow at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies,…
2016-17 Programme
Tuesday 27nd September. Dr. Marisa Linton, Kingston University The Terror in the French Revolution Tuesday October 18, 2016 Dr. Lucy Wooding, King’s College London ‘Bloody Mary Revisited’. Tuesday November 15 Professor David Stevenson, London School of Economics ‘The Origins of the Cold War Revisited’. Tuesday December 13, 2016 Professor Jonathan Harris, Royal Holloway, University of…
2015-16 Programme
Tuesday, 15th March 2016. Professor Roger Batty, Keio University, Tokyo: ‘Pliny and His Times: Fashion, Cosmetics and Perfumes -a glimpse at life in First Century Rome.’ Previous meetings Tuesday, 16th February 2016. Dr. Ed Naylor, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth: ‘Colonial Legacy in Contemporary France: From ‘Je…
2014-15 Programme
Tuesday, 23rd September 2014. AGM at 7.00pm followed at 7.30pm by Dr R. E. Foster, F.R. Hist. Soc.: ‘Wellington and Waterloo: Monumental oversights.’ Tuesday, 14th October 2014. Dr Robert Saunders, Lecturer in History, Queen Mary College, University of London: ‘Traitors to the Queen and Rebels to their God: the Chartist Challenge, 1837-48.’ Tuesday, 18th November…