Exeter Branch Programme 2011-12

Exeter Cathedral

Historical Association Exeter Branch Programme

2011 - 2012 Programme

Thursday October  13, 2011 Dr Richard Huzzey, University of Plymouth,  ‘The Decoy Elephant?: British Anti-Slavery and the Scramble for African Empire'. University of Exeter History Department Amory Building, 5.30 p.m. room to be confirmed. There will also be a brief AGM.

Thursday November 3, 2011 Professor Val Maxfield (University of Exeter) 'River and Desert: the Frontiers of Roman Egypt' (joint meeting with the Exeter Classical Association). 5.30 p.m. Queen's Building LT1 and refreshments afterwards

Thursday November 17, 2011 Eric Evans, Professor Emeritus, Lancaster University, ‘A Victorian "Big Society"?: The age of laissez-faire revisited'. 5.30 p.m. Exeter School, Exeter.

Thursday December 8, 2011 Dr Laura Sangha, University of Exeter, ‘"The proper armes for this holy warre": Angels and Belief in Reformation England'. 5.30 p.m. University of Exeter History Department, Amory Building, Room 115.

Thursday January 19, 2012 Dr Peter Ward, University of Exeter, ‘Admiral Rainier and his impact on British India and the Royal Navy', Amory Building Room 115, 5.30 p.m.

Thursday February 2, 2012 Professor George Boyce, Swansea University, ‘The odd couple: Gladstone and Parnell and Home Rule', Exeter School, Exeter, 5.30 p.m.

Thursday March 1, 2012 Richard Toye, Professor of Modern History, University of Exeter, ‘Churchill and the Empire: Myth and Reality'.  5.30 p.m. University of Exeter History Department, Amory Building, Room 106

Tuesday May 8, 2012 6.30 p.m. Visit to and guided tour of the Devon and Exeter Institution, 7 Cathedral Close, Exeter. Refreshments. Small charge (amount to be confirmed). Please indicate interest to Robert Guyver (contact details below).

For further information about Exeter branch events, contact the Hon. Secretary, Dr Robert Guyver, Tel. 01392 491 898, email rguyver@btinternet.com