Past Lectures & Visits

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 have been dealt with long ...
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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 ...
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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 companies similar to the East ...
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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 how rapidly they could disappear ...
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Dr Katie Donington, Lecturer in History, London South Bank University. Britain and the Legacies of Slavery. Detailed studies have revealed just how extensive was the network that encompassed both colonial planters and English based financiers and investors in ‘slavery’. Dr. Dunnington's research analyses the role played by family in the establishment, maintenance, expansion and defense of Britain’s commercial interests in ...
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Professor Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St Cross College, University of Oxford. From Conflict to Confucius: Why China's Ancient Philosopher is Shaping Today's Superpower. With the progress of China to superpower status, the Western world is struggling to understand this unique culture. What drives Chinese policy and what shapes its national self-image? Professor Mitter ...
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Professor Peter Mandler, Professor of Modern Cultural History, University of Cambridge. The Crisis of the Meritocracy: How Popular Demand (not Politicians) Made Britain into a Mass Education Society. In looking at a synopsis of Professor Mandler’s book two numbers stood out. The first surprised me-in 1938 only 1% of a cohort attended university. The second staggered me but I will ...
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Professor John Blair, Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology, Queen's College, University of Oxford. Was there such a place as Medieval England?   In his Building Anglo-Saxon England, Professor Blair radically changed perceptions by analyzing hundreds of recent excavations that enable historians to grasp for the first time how regionally diverse the built environment of the Anglo-Saxons truly was. Blair ...
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Brexit and the Stretching of the Constitution: The Brexit Shock in Historic Perspective by Dr Andrew Blick, Director of History & Policy, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History in the Department of Political Economy, King's College London ...
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Richard III - The Most Infamous King by Professor Michael Hicks, University of Winchester ...
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John: An Evil King? by Professor Nick Vincent, Professor of Medieval History, University of East Anglia ...
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