Tuesday, 15th March 2016.
Professor Roger Batty, Keio University, Tokyo: ‘Pliny and His Times: Fashion, Cosmetics and Perfumes -a glimpse at life in First Century Rome.’
Previous meetings
Tuesday, 16th February 2016.
Dr. Ed Naylor, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth: ‘Colonial Legacy in Contemporary France: From ‘Je vous ai compris’ to ‘Je suis Charlie’.
Tuesday, 19th January 2016.
Professor Lawrence Goldman, Director, Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London: ‘How do you rebuild a divided country? Reconstruction after the American Civil War 1865-77.’
Tuesday, 8th December 2015.
Dr. John Bew, Reader in History and Foreign Policy, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, King’s College, University of London: ‘Lord Castlereagh’s Foreign Policy and its relevance for today.’
Tuesday, 17th November 2015.
Professor Richard Ned Lebow, Professor of International Political Theory, Department of War Studies, King’s College, University of London and Emeritus Professor Dartmouth College, USA: ‘Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives! A World Without World War One.’
Tuesday, 13th October 2015.
Dr. Clive Holmes, Emeritus Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall, The University of Oxford: ‘Why were English witches women?’
Tuesday, 22nd September 2015.
AGM at 7.00pm followed at 7.30pm by Professor George Bernard: ‘Henry VIII: Catholicism without the Pope?’