Swansea Branch Programme 2011-12

Swansea from space.

Friday 21 October 2011

11am-5pm, National Waterfront Museum, Swansea

The Swansea Branch Anniversary Event: ‘Dante and the "Paolo and Francesca" episode from The Divine Comedy

Presented by Dr John E Law, Professor Gino Bedani, and Chris Weeks

Throughout the day, Italian food will be served by the Waterfront café. At 5pm a reception will be held at the nearby Dylan Thomas Theatre

Friday 11 November 2011

4pm, St Mary's Church, Swansea

‘The King James Bible'

A talk by Professor Gordon Campbell

Saturday 19 November 2011

11am, Swansea University

‘William MacGregor and his Egyptian Collection'

A talk by Beverly Rogers

Following the talk there will be an opportunity to visit Swansea University's Egypt Centre

Saturday 26 November 2011

11am, National Waterfront Museum

‘Normandy at 1100 Years Old: Reflections upon the History of a Duchy 911-2011'

A talk by Professor Daniel Power

Saturday 3 December 2011

11am, National Waterfront Museum

‘1213: The Failed French Invasion of England'

A talk by Dr Thomas Underwood

7 January 2012

10.30am, Branch Annual General Meeting, followed by a talk by Colin Wheldon James:

‘Happy New Year! The Changing Date of New Year's Day'

This talk is also part of the National Waterfront Museum's continuing event on the History of Time

14 January 2012

11am, National Waterfront Museum

Time Zones

A talk by branch vice-chairman John Ashley as part of the National Waterfront Museum's continuing event on the History of Time

21 January 2012

11am, National Waterfront Museum

Day-Time, Night-Time, Mari-Time

A talk by Dr Adam Mosley as part of the National Waterfront Museum's continuing event on the History of Time

28 January 2012

11am, National Waterfront Museum

Dating Historical Artefacts

A talk by Dr Nicholas Riall as part of the National Waterfront Museum's continuing event on the History of Time

11am, National Waterfront Museum

What's love got to do with it? The origins of St Valentine's Day

A talk by Professor Mark Humphries

18 February 2012

11am, National Waterfront Museum

Swansea branch's ‘Presidential Lecture' 2012

'The Monstrous Regiment of Women' in Tudor and Stuart Britain

A talk by HA President Professor Jackie Eales

17 March 2012

11am, The National Waterfront Museum

Professor Bernard Knight and Susanna Gregory

‘Authenticity in Historical Fiction'

21 April 2012

11am, The National Waterfront Museum

Mapping the Neath Abbey Estates

A talk by Dr Rhianydd Biebrach

19 May 2012

11am, The National Waterfront Museum

'El Cobre': Cuban Slaves and Swansea Copper in the Nineteenth Century

A talk by Professor Chris Evans

22 May 2012

3.30 pm, The National Waterfront Museum

Saint David

A talk by The Right Reverend the Bishop of St David's

16 June 2012

11am, The National Waterfront Museum

Upstairs, Downstairs

A talk by Lucinda Matthew-Jones

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