Canterbury Branch Programme 2024-25

 

Branch contact: All enquiries to Mike Gallagher – mike.gallagher79@yahoo.co.uk

Venue: All talks start at 7.00pm at venues in Canterbury (specified below).

Associate membership £10 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £5.

 

Twitter @CanterburyHA

 

Tuesday 10^th September 2024, 4.30pm

Committee Meeting

Kent College, Room H1, CT2 9DT

 

Thursday 3^rd October 2024, 6.15pm

(6.15pm) Annual General Meeting; (7.00pm) Lecture: ‘Cold War Espionage’

Stewart Purvis CBE, broadcaster and author.

University of Kent, Grimond Lecture Theatre 1, CT2 7NZ

 

Tuesday 5^th November 2024, 7.00pm

The HA Great Debate - Canterbury Heat: How can your local history tell a global story?

King’s School Canterbury, Gateway Chamber, St Augustine’s, Lady Wootton’s Green, CT1 1NG

 

Thursday 14^th November 2024, 7.00pm

Lecture: ‘The Vietnam War’

Dr. Aurélie Basha I Novosejt, University of Kent

University of Kent, Grimond Lecture Theatre 1, CT2 7NZ

 

Thursday 5^th December 2024, 7.00pm

Lecture: ‘British India and Empire’

Professor Margot Finn, UCL

Kent College, Old Library, CT2 9DT

 

Wednesday 8^th January 2025

History at University: a day of events for Year 12 students interested in studying history beyond 6^th Form

Canterbury Christ Church University

 

Thursday 9^th January 2025, 4.30pm

Committee Meeting

King’s School Canterbury, Gateway Chamber, St Augustine’s, Lady Wootton’s Green CT1 1NG

 

Thursday 16^th January 2025, 7.00pm

Lecture: ‘The Munich Conference of 1938’

Professor Harmonie Toros, University of Reading

Kent College, Old Library, CT2 9DT

 

Thursday 6^th February 2025, 7.00pm

Annual Lyle Lecture: ‘Medieval Canterbury’

Dr. Sheila Sweetinburgh, University of Kent

Canterbury Cathedral, Clagett Auditorium, CT1 2EG

 

Tuesday 6^th March 2025, 7.00pm

Lecture: ‘Discovering Charles I’

Professor Richard Cust, University of Birmingham

King’s School Canterbury, The Old School Room, CT1 2EZ

 

Thursday 24^th April 2025, 4.30pm

Committee Meeting

Kent College, Room H1, CT2 9DT

 

Thursday 8^th May 2025, 7.00pm

Lecture: ‘Witch-Hunting: Past and Present’, preceded by a reception

Professor Ronald Hutton CBE, University of Bristol

King’s School Canterbury, The Old School Room, CT1 2EZ

 

Thursday 5^th June 2025, 7.00pm

Lecture: ‘Joan of Arc: why did Saints Catherine, Margaret and Michael appear to her?’

Dr. Hannah Skoda, St John’s College, Oxford

Kent College, Old Library, CT2 9DT

 

Saturday 21^st June 2025

Visit: the town of Faversham

Prebooking required.