Past Lectures & Visits

Whose Heritage? Imperial trophies and national treasures from the Elgin Marbles to the Benin Bronzes by Emeritus Professor Tony Stockwell, Royal Holloway College, University of London ...
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Brexit and the Stretching of the Constitution -The Brexit Shock in Historic Perspective by Dr Andrew Blick, Reader in Politics and Contemporary History and Director of the Centre for British Politics and Government, King's College London. Based on his 2019 publication but updated as events unfold, How far did the European Union (EU) referendum result of 23 June 2016 really ...
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Tuesday 19 May 2020: ‘When Does an Empire Truly End? Exploring India’s Imperial Ties in the Decades after Independence’ - Speaker: Dr Taylor Sherman, Associate Professor, Department of International History (LSE) Dr Taylor Sherman's research concerns the cultural and political history of India in the transition from colonial rule to independence in the middle decades of the twentieth century. Her research explores ...
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Tuesday 28 April 2020‘Accidental Death in Tudor Surrey: How People Died Reveals Much About How They Lived’Speaker: Professor Steven Gunn, Professor of Early Modern History (Merton College, Oxford) "My research interests are in the political, social, cultural and military history of England and its continental neighbours from the mid-fifteenth to the later sixteenth century. I am principal investigator of a ...
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The Guildford Spike, linked with but deliberately separated from the nearby Guildford workhouse, was a ward for vagrants. In return for an overnight stay in squalid conditions, vagrants had to do basic manual work before, typically, going on their way to the next Spike. George Orwell gave a vivid picture of his experience of the Godstone Spike in ‘Down and ...
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Tuesday 17 March 2020: ‘The Crisis of the Tudor Throne 1540-60’ - Speaker: Dr Lucy Wooding, Langford Fellow and Tutor in History (Lincoln College, Oxford) "I have been interested in religious history since I was seventeen, when my history teacher lent me her copy of Jack Scarisbrick’s The Reformation and the English People. It was then that I first realized ...
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Tuesday 25 February 2020: ‘Aspects of American Foreign Policy in the Nuclear Age’ - Speaker: Dr Jonathan Hunt, Lecturer of Modern Global History (University of Southampton) "I study the history of U.S. foreign policy and international relations since 1945. I am from Austin, Texas, and earned my BA and PhD at the University of Texas at Austin. Before coming to Southampton, I ...
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Tuesday 21 January 2020: ‘Donald Trump in Historical Perspective’ - Speaker: Professor Tony Badger, President of the Historical Association (University of Northumbria) Professor Tony Badger Tony is a historian of post-World War II American political history, and most notably the South. He has published widely on race relations, the Great Depression, and the New Deal. He was a lecturer at ...
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Tuesday 3 December 2019: ‘When Did England Become a Protestant Country?’ - Speaker: Professor George Bernard, Professor of Early Modern History (University of Southampton) "Born in London, I was educated at Reading School and, as an Open Scholar, at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. At the age of twenty-four I was appointed to a Lectureship at Wolverhampton Polytechnic where I taught ...
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Tuesday 19 November 2019: ‘The Tudor Rebellions’ - Speaker: Stephen David, Senior Lecturer (WEA) ...
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Tuesday 15 October 2019: ‘1919 – The Year that Changed China’ - Speaker: Dr Elisabeth Forster, Lecturer of Modern China (University of Southampton) Dr Elisabeth Forster is a historian of modern China, focusing on intellectual, diplomatic and social history, and especially the way they tie in with each other. Her current project explores concepts of peace in China from the 19th ...
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