The Plymouth branch of the Historical Association has sent us its programme for 2011/2012.
2011
1 November
Wonderful Self-Reliance: Abraham Lincoln's Leadership
Professor Richard Carwardine, University of Oxford
8 November
The Levelling Sea: Falmouth, Britain and the Age of Sail
Philip Marsden, author
15 November
Britain and the American Civil War
Dr Richard Huzzey, University of Plymouth
22 November
Thank God It's Over: The Civil War Centennial of 1961-1965
Professor Robert Cook, University of Sussex
29 November
Did Democracy Cause the American Civil War?
Dr Adam Smith, University College London
2012
21st February
Britain and the Olympics: the case of the 1980 Moscow boycott
Professor Kevin Jefferys, University of Plymouth
28th February
Pirates and Utopia: How the Western Indian Ocean has been narrated as a Pirate Haven
Dr Stephanie Jones, University of Southampton
6th March
Spain’s Civil War and Public Memory since 1996
Dr Michael Richards, University of the West of England
13th March
Richard III Society Lecture: “Richard III - a bloody tyrant?”
Dr Philip Stone, Richard III Society
20th March
Christopher Durston Memorial Lecture: The Origins of the English Reformation Reconsidered
Professor Peter Marshall, University of Warwick
Meetings are open to all, and are free for national or local members of the Historical Association, for University of Plymouth staff & students. Visitor tickets £5, concessions £3. Local membership rates: Individual membership: £6; Family membership:£10; Student membership:£3
This is a joint programme in collaboration with the History Department at the University of Plymouth.
All meetings start at 7.00 p.m., and are held in Theatre 2, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth.
For further details and contacts, see www.ha-plymouth.org.uk
- RG
HA Plymouth: 2011/12 programme
