The 2017-8 season has attracted good audience numbers of members and guests. School numbers have fluctuated but we continue to attract students and staff from a wide number of schools. The greater fragmentation of the syllabus has probably had an impact but thank goodness there is now more to A level history than Hitler and…
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3 December 2019, ‘When Did England Become a Protestant Country?’
Tuesday 3 December 2019: ‘When Did England Become a Protestant Country?’ – Speaker: Professor George Bernard, Professor of Early Modern History (University of Southampton) “Born in London, I was educated at Reading School and, as an Open Scholar, at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. At the age of twenty-four I was appointed to a Lectureship at…
19 November 2019, ‘The Tudor Rebellions’
Tuesday 19 November 2019: ‘The Tudor Rebellions’ – Speaker: Stephen David, Senior Lecturer (WEA)
15 October 2019, ‘1919 – The Year that Changed China’
Tuesday 15 October 2019: ‘1919 – The Year that Changed China’ – Speaker: Dr Elisabeth Forster, Lecturer of Modern China (University of Southampton) Dr Elisabeth Forster is a historian of modern China, focusing on intellectual, diplomatic and social history, and especially the way they tie in with each other. Her current project explores concepts of peace…
24 September 2019, ‘Byzantium and the Renaissance’
Tuesday 24 September 2019: ‘Byzantium and the Renaissance’ – Speaker: Professor Jonathan Harris, Professor of the History of Byzantium (Royal Holloway, University of London) Note: This lecture will be preceeded by the AGM
August 2017 Newsletter
Dear Members and Friends, The 2016-7 season drew large attendances and the standard of the speakers was very good. Again school numbers were lower than in recent years. Any teacher members who can help us in understanding the needs of 6th formers, please get in touch with myself, Graham Searle or any committee member. We…
21 May 2019 – Why do Empires end? Ancient Rome and the Modern West
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…
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…