20 May 2025 - Prof. Emma Griffin, Professor of British History, Queen Mary, University of London - Why was Britain first? Rethinking the history of the industrial revolution ...
Prof. Steven Gunn, Professor of Early Modern History, Merton College, University of Oxfor ...
Dr. Gillian Lamb, Lecturer in Modern British History, King's College London ...
Prof. Natalia Nowakowska, Professor of European History, Somerville College, University of Oxford - The Jagiellonians (1377-1596): From Pagan Tribe to High Renaissance Dynasty ...
Prof. Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History, Worcester College, University of Oxford ...
Dr. Alana Harris, Reader in Modern British History, King's College London - Doing History in Public Places: Lessons from a Historic England Project on Europe’s Largest Psychiatric Cemetery, in Surrey ...
2 Dec 2025 - Prof. Michael Fulford, Professor of Archaeology, University of Reading - Silchester: recent research on the Iron Age Town and Roman City. Professor Fulford, a leading archaeologist and director of the Silchester Town Life Project, will provide an update on the latest discoveries from the Roman city of Calleva Atrebatum, located in modern-day Hampshire. This site, one ...
Dr. Emily Winkler, Lecturer in Medieval History, St Edmund Hall & Hertford College, University of Oxford ...
Lecture by Professor David Carpenter, University of London: 'Why is 2025 not 2015 the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta?' The discovery of the final version of Magna Carta, bearing the commitment of the King and reached after a time of baronial conflict, is a remarkable story. David Carpenter is a leading authority on the history of Britain in the central ...
The Graham Searle Lecture - Prof. Colin Jones, Emeritus Professor of Cultural History, Queen Mary, University of London - "With terror riding pillion": A Duchess, Her Letters, and Confronting the French Revolution ...
21 Oct 2025 - Prof. Saliha Belmessous, British Academy Global Professor, University of Oxford - Empire and Obligation: Rethinking Colonial Relationships as Social Contracts (Insights from the British and French Empires, 19th–20th Century). About Professor Saliha Belmessous British Academy Global Professor; Fellow of Corpus Christi Professor Belmessous challenges traditional views of colonialism by exploring the idea of a "social contract" ...
Prof. Richard Hoyle, Visiting Professor of Economic History at the University of Reading ...
