Another popular former speaker, Dr Robert Saunders, returns. Having previously spoken to us about Chartism – when he unforgettably broke into song – and Margaret Thatcher, on this visit he will address “The scum gathers when the nation boils”: Sir Robert Peel, the Corn Laws and the Crisis of Conservatism. Dr Saunders is Reader in…
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Tuesday 21 March 2023: Conquered: Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England
Dr Eleanor Parker of Brasenose College, Oxford, will deliver a lecture on the subject of her recent book, Conquered: Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England. Dr Parker will take a novel angle on a well-covered period by focusing on the lives of children whose lives were turned upside down by the extraordinary events of 1066. Dr…
Chairman’s Newsletter February 2021
The series of Zoom lectures that began in September as our safest and only permissible response to the Covid situation have provided some excellent presentations. One advantage of using Zoom is that the PowerPoint presentations can be seen with amazing clarity. One lecture suffered to a degree by an inadequate microphone on the presenter’s PC….
Tuesday 21 February 2023: Uncivil Peace: Politics, Repression and Memory in Spain since 1939
In February we turn to a subject that has been somewhat neglected in previous programmes: Twentieth Century Spain. Dr David Brydan from King’s College London will discuss Uncivil Peace: Politics, Repression and Memory in Spain since 1939. Dr Brydan is a member of the Centre for the Study of Internationalism as well as a Reviews…
Tuesday 17 January 2023: The New Aristocracy of Talent in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Professor Penelope Corfield is President of the International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, as well as Emeritus Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. Following the publication of her wide-ranging new book, The Georgians, earlier this year, she will address The New Aristocracy of Talent in Eighteenth-Century Britain – and What it Meant.
Tuesday 6 December 2022: The Marshall Plan – Zoom Lecture
Our last lecture of the year will see Professor David Stevenson from the London School of Economics discuss The Marshall Plan after Seventy-Five Years. His books on various aspects of twentieth century history have been widely acclaimed and Professor Stevenson has been one of our favourite speakers for many years. This lecture will be on…
November 2020 Lecture Report – Race, Region and Rebellion
Race, Region and Rebellion: The Origins of the American Civil War 1846-1861 by Prof Lawrence Goldman, University of London. The American civil war lasted for 4 years, in which 700,000 Americans lost their lives. The Battle of Gettysburg had armies of 100,000 on both sides. One of the consequences of the American civil war, led…
October 2020 Lecture Report – Accidental Death in Tudor Surrey
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. Professor Steven Gunn is currently leading a research project, looking into 9,000 inquests from the 16th century. One may think that these 16th century inquests are just routine reports…
September 2020 Lecture Report – Whose Heritage?
Whose Heritage? Imperial trophies and national treasures from the Elgin Marbles to the Benin Bronzes. Emeritus Professor Tony Stockwell, Royal Holloway College, University of London. 29 September 2020 The original trophies, that were bought back to Europe, originally came previous ancient eastern Mediterranean cultures, with the most well know being the Elgin marbles, and the…
Postponed: November Lecture: The Gentleman’s Magazine
Julian Pooley is Public Services and Engagement Manager at Surrey History Centre as well as Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester. Julian will deliver a lecture entitled The Gentleman’s Magazine: A Panorama of Georgian England, which will be richly embellished by his research into the period in Surrey and beyond. This lecture is postponed…