Following the abrupt termination of the 2019-20 programme, the branch committee have been striving to establish a way forward that is in compliance with both Government regulations and with the safety of our members and speakers in the year ahead. The good news is that there will be a full programme of eleven lectures including…
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7th June 2022 Lecture – Cecily Neville, the 15th century’s most powerful matriarch
Annie Garthwaite. Author of the highly acclaimed historical novel CECILY. Hailed by some as the new Hilary Mantel. Cecily Neville, the 15th century’s most powerful matriarch. How to write a historical novel and how women exerted power and influence in the late Medieval period. Cecily-mother of two kings-Edward IV and Richard III, wife of the…
10th May Lecture: Queens as co-rulers
Dr Elena Woodacre, Reader in Renaissance History, University of Winchester on Queens as co-rulers: Examining power sharing and ruling partnerships in the premodern world.
12th April 2022 Lecture – The Indian Empire at War – Zoom Lecture
George Morton-Jack. The Indian Empire at War. The response to the publication of The Indian Army at War, a ground breaking account of the role of the Indian Army in World War 1, was almost universal acclaim. “Extraordinarily original” Max Hastings; “Superb Revelatory and written with brilliant verve” Andrew Roberts; “Fills a gap that should…
22nd March 2022 Lecture – Richard III: The most Infamous King
Professor Michael Hicks, Professor Emeritus, University of Winchester. Richard III – The most Infamous King. After a lifetime of study Emeritus Professor Michael Hicks gives his interpretation of that most contested English monarch, Richard III.
HA West Surrey programme suspended
Dear Members and Friends, You will not be surprised to read that we have had to take the decision to cancel all remaining lectures of this year’s programme in addition to the planned trips to The Spike in Guildford and walk around Winchester with Professor Nigel Saul. As we are all confined to our homes,…
February 2020 Lecture – Aspects of American Foreign Policy in the Nuclear Age
Aspects of American Foreign Policy in the Nuclear Age by Dr Jonathan Hunt, University of Southampton. Dr Jonathan Hunt is shortly to attend a conference at the UN Headquarters, to commorate the 50th anniversary of the agreement to define which countries are allowed to have nuclear nuclear weapons, and which countries which develop nuclear weapons…
March Lecture Cancelled
Due to the current situation with the coronavirus we have decided to cancel this Tuesday’s lecture by Dr Lucy Wooding. Dr Wooding teaches at Lincoln College, Oxford, and has informed us that a number of students at the university have tested positive for coronavirus, with the first student to do so at Lincoln. We hope…
22nd February 2022 Lecture (Zoom) – The East India Company
Dr John McAleer, Associate Professor in History, University of Southampton. The East India Company: The corporation that changed the world. Dr McAleer’s work focuses on the British encounter and engagement with the wider world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, situating the history of empire in its global and maritime contexts. Although other nations had…
25th January 2022 Lecture – The Myths of the South Sea Bubble
Dr Helen Paul, Lecturer in Economics and Economic History, University of Southampton. The Myths of the South Sea Bubble. Dr Paul’s research covers a wide range of topics that center on the increased international maritime trade in the C17 & C18. The South Sea Bubble was a remarkable example of how fortunes could swell but…