19 May 2026 - Prof. Yasmin Khan, Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford - The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. Professor Khan, a specialist in the history of modern South Asia, will discuss the momentous and traumatic event of the 1947 Partition of British India. Her lecture will explore the complex political negotiations that led to ...
21 April 2026 - Dr. Michael Talbot, Associate Professor in the History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Middle East, University of Greenwich - From constitutionalism to catastrophe: The final decades of the Ottoman Empire. Dr Talbot will guide us through the dramatic final decades of the Ottoman Empire, from the late 19th century to its dissolution after World War ...
17 March 2026 - The Graham Searle Lecture - Dr. Jonathan Healey, Associate Professor in Social History, University of Oxford - The Blood in Winter. A Nation Descends 1642. Dr Healey will focus on the pivotal year of 1642, the outbreak of the English Civil War. This year saw the breakdown of relations between King Charles I and Parliament, leading ...
12 Feb 2026 (Thursday) - Prof. Jonathan Harris - Professor of the History of Byzantium, Royal Holloway, University of London - 1054 and the Schism between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. Professor Harris, an expert on the Byzantine Empire, will shed light on one of the most significant events in Christian history: the Great Schism of 1054. This event marked ...
20 Jan 2026 - Prof. Nigel Saul, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway, University of London - The Hundred Years War, 1337-1453: History and Myth. Our branch President, Professor Nigel Saul will take us on a journey through the Hundred Years' War, the epic struggle between the English and French crowns. While often remembered for figures like Edward III, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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" ...
23 Sept 2025 - The President’s Lecture - Prof. Alexandra Walsham, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge - Persecution and toleration in England, 1500-1700. Professor Walsham, a leading expert on the Reformation and early modern England and President of the Historical Association, will explore the complex religious landscape of England between 1500 and 1700. This period was ...
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 ...
