Grimsby Branch Programme 2011-12

Grimsby

Celebrating 50 Years: 1962 to 2012

Meetings begin at 7.30pm (unless stated otherwise) and will be held in the Markham Hall, St James's School, Grimsby, DN34 4SY. Admission free to members of the Historical Association.

Associate membership is £16.00 for the year (this year 9 lectures). Membership reduced to £8.00 form January 2012. Join at the door at any of the lectures. Full time students free membership. Visitors most welcome for individual lectures at £4.00 per person (you do not need to come with a member). No need to book, just turn up.

Parking available on site, and refreshments served in the interval at no extra charge.

Full details available at http://www.history.org/ under Grimsby Branch Programme or Events. Spring 2012 annual outing details to be distributed at a meeting in early 2012- please let the committee know if you would like an outing letter posted out to you or emailed. Letters will no longer be posted out automatically.

16 September 2011, 7pm

Grimsby Branch AGM, followed by Suffragettes on Stage: Pageants, Plays and how the Vote was won.

Dr Katharine Cockin, Head of the English Department, University of Hull

7 October 2011

The History of Transatlantic Slavery: How important are Narratives by Former Slaves?

Professor David Richardson, Director of the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull

11 November 2011

Should America Go to War? The ‘Great Debate' over American Entry into WW II

Dr Andrew Johnstone, Lecturer in American History, University of Leicester

16 December 2011 (Date changed from 9th December)

The Thirty Years War: Europe's most Destructive Conflict

Professor Peter Wilson, University of Hull

13 January 2012

Too many Bishops and Ladies: The Court of Richard II

Dr. Alison McHardy, formerly reader in Medieval English History, University of Nottingham.

10 February 2012

The Portable Antiquities Scheme: Recent discoveries in Lincolnshire.

Adam Daubney Finds Liaison Officer, Lincolnshire, The Portable Antiquities Scheme

9 March 2012

The Paston Letters: Scenes of Fifteenth-Century English Life.

Dr Elizabeth Matthew, Lecturer in History, University of Reading.

27 April 2012

Chinese Women's Long March to Modernity

Dr Yangwen Zheng, Lecturer in the History of China, University of Manchester.

18 May 2012 - 50th Anniversary Meeting 

Propaganda and the Pulpit in the English Civil Wars, 1640-1649
Professor Jackie Eales, President of the Historical Association, department of History and American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University.