Lecture Reports

The Tudor Rebellions by Stephen David No English King had died on the battlefield since King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and  Henry Tudor, according to propaganda, bought peace ...
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1919: The Year that Changed China by Dr Elisabeth Forster, Lecturer of Modern China (University of Southampton) 1919 was the year in Chinese history, that generated the most significant and ...
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Dr Ian Archer: Associate Professor in History, Keble College, University of Oxford. In 1550, the population in London was 75, 000, which made London the sixth most populous city in ...
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Professor Lawrence Goldman, St Peters College, University of Oxford Disraeli was the grandson of an eighteenth century Italian immigrants, with his parents being booksellers in Buckinghamshire. Disraeli commenced his career ...
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Professor David Egerton: History of Science and Technology and Modern British History, King’s College, London The United Kingdom in the 1900s was an exceptional country. British coal was exported throughout ...
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Not so much an Empire more a World System: The British Empire in Global Perspectives There are currently 3 myths concerning European colonial empires 1)      Empires are only a European ...
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Professor David Carpenter: Professor of Medieval History, Kings College, London - Henry III, Simon de Montfort and the Crisis of Kingship in the Thirteenth Century Guildford Castle was a very ...
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Professor Mark Cornwall: Professor of Modern European History, University of Southampton This year is the hundredth anniversary of the last Emperor, Karl, standing down as Emperor of the Habsburg Empire ...
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The Road to the Armistice: How the First World War Ended by Professor David Stevenson: International History, LSE November 1918: The railway wagon, number 2491D, constructed before the beginning of ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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