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…
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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…
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…