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…
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4 December 2018 – Henry III, Simon de Montfort and the crisis of kingship in the thirteenth century
4 December 2018, Henry III, Simon de Montfort and the crisis of kingship in the thirteenth century by Prof. David Carpenter 19:30 at Guildford County School, Farnham Rd, Guildford, GU2 4LU. David Carpenter is an English historian and writer, and Professor of Medieval History at King’s College London where he has been working since 1988….
13 November 2018 – Why did the Habsburg Empire Collapse during the First World War?
13 November, Why did the Habsburg Empire Collapse during the First World War? by Prof. Mark Cornwall. 19:30 at Guildford County School, Farnham Rd, Guildford, GU2 4LU. Mark Cornwall is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Southampton, and the UK’s leading historian of the late Habsburg Empire. His field of study is…
16 October 2018 – The Chartist Crisis of 1839
16th October 2018, The Chartist Crisis of 1839, or when Britain didn’t have a revolution! by Dr. Robert Sykes CBE. The lecture considers what, arguably, is the closest Britain has come to a nationwide, bottom up, populist revolution. 19:30 at Guildford County School, Farnham Rd, Guildford, GU2 4LU. Robert Sykes works include: Popular Politics and Trade…
25 September 2018 – The Road to the Armistice: how the First World War Ended
25 September 2018, The Road to the Armistice: how the First World War Ended by Prof. David Stevenson. 19:00 at Guildford County School, Farnham Rd, Guildford, GU2 4LU. The lecture is preceeded by the AGM. Professor Stevenson is holder of the Stevenson Chair at the London School of Economics. His main fields of interests lie…
January 2016 Newsletter
Dear Members, The Spring programme commences on January 19th when Professor Lawrence Goldman addresses us on Reconstruction after the American Civil War 1865-77. This topic has proved popular with schools and prior to our meeting, Professor Goldman is addressing some 100 pupils at a local school. Engagement with schools and kindling an interest in history…
January 2015 Newsletter
Dear Members, Our Spring programme promises much. On January 20th Professor Dan Stone will speak on the aftermath of the liberation of the Holocaust camps, followed on February 10th by Professor Nigel Saul considering the importance of Magna Carta from its origins until today. On March 17th Dr. Grant Tapsell is addressing the rich pictorial…
July 2014 Newsletter
Dear Members, The 2013-4 programme attracted good audiences – on one occasion 120 attendees. The two excursions – Christ’s Hospital and Wallingford were both fascinating. I was amazed at the central role Wallingford has played in English history. Our thanks go to Professor Nigel Saul for organizing such an excellent day. In future there will…
January 2014 Newsletter
Dear Members, The four lectures in the first half of our 2013-4 programme have all been very well attended and provided stimulating evenings. The next speaker on January 14 is Dr. Yasmin Khan. Her book The Great Partition-the making of India and Pakistan, published in 2008, was critically acclaimed. Her recent researches have focused on…
August 2013 Newsletter
Dear Members, The ‘new’ committee has survived its first year in office with back up from the old hands, especially Graham and Jane. We hope that the 2012-3 programme was stimulating. We were pleased that the meetings were so well attended. Enclosed with this newsletter is our 2013-4 programme. All lectures will take place at…