Nuneaton Branch Programme


Nuneaton Branch Programme 2023-24

Contact: michael.arnold@cantab.net

Venue: Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre, 4 Avenue Road, Nuneaton CV11 4LU

Time: 7.30pm unless otherwise indicated

 

Thursday 14 September 2023

The Church in a Hillfort

Peter Liddle MBE, Formerly Leicestershire County Archaeologist

 

Thursday 26 October 2023

Colonialism: An Assessment

Professor Nigel Biggar, Oxford University

 

Thursday 23 November 2023

FDR: America’s Greatest President

Professor Iwan Morgan, University College London

 

Thursday 30 November2023

4.30pm at Etone College

The Great Debate: Which historical place or person from your local area deserves greater recognition?

 

Thursday 14 December 2023

How to get to Heaven in Early Modern England

Kristi Flake and Anna Pravdica, Ph.D. students, Warwick University

 

Thursday 25 January 2024 **CHANGE TO ORIGINAL PROGRAMME**

Via Zoom

The May Fourth Movement in China 

Thoralf Klein, Reader in Chinese and Global History, Loughborough University

 

Thursday 22 February 2024

Please note 7pm start time

Remembering the Reformation

Professor Alexandra Walsham, Cambridge University

 

Wednesday 13 March 2024

Please note Wednesday and 3.30pm start time at King Edward College

Crusading Societies: Women, Gender and the Crusades

Dr Natasha Hodgson, Nottingham Trent University

 

Thursday 11 April 2024 **CHANGE TO ORIGINAL PROGRAMME**

The Churchill Government’s Quest to Save Greece from Nazi Germany

Dr Steven Morewood, Birmingham University

 

Thursday 9 May 2024

The Bastille

Professor Munro Price, Bradford University

 

Thursday 20 June 2024

Branch AGM followed by

Two Newdigate Ladies

The story of how two widows 100 years apart ran an 11,000 acre estate

David Paterson, Branch Chair