All enquiries to Mr Alex Bristow alexjbristow@outlook.com tel 01903 505554

Meetings start at 7.30pm (except Saturday at 2.30pm) at Friends Meeting House, Priory Road, Chichester PO19 1NX

Associate membership £20 per year (£30 for couples) visitors £5. Free for full HA members.

 

 

Chichester Branch Programme 2026-7

 

 

Thursday 17 September 2026

The Russian Revolution: Hopes, Fears, Tragedy

Dr George Gilbert, Associate Professor, Southampton University.

 

Thursday 15 October 2026

The Cult of Mussolini

Professor Giuliana Pieri, Royal Holloway. Some of you may have seen her fascinating webinar on this subject.

 

Thursday 19 November 2026

The Fall of Rome

Professor Peter Heather, Kings College, London. A leading authority on this most debated subject.

 

Thursday 17 December 2026

Annual General Meeting followed by three short talks.

 

Saturday 16 January 2027

The Ladies in Waiting who served the six wives of Henry VIII

Dr Nicola Clark, University of Chichester

 

Thursday 16 February 2027

Victorian Science and Technology - the Engine of Empire

Dr Craig Gershater, Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education

 

Thursday 18 March 2027

Living with Uncertainty: the social impact of the English Reformation

Professor Lucy Wooding, Lincoln College, Oxford

Our Annual John Fines Memorial Lecture

 

Thursday 15 April 2027

The Edge of Revolution; The General Strike that shook Britain

Dr David Torrance, House of Commons Library and author of a new study of the Strike.

 

Thursday 20 May 2027

Britain Between the Wars: A Shell-Shocked Nation

Dr Alwyn Turner, University of Chichester, who has also recently published on this topic.

 

Thursday 17 June 2027

Republic! Britain’s Revolutionary Decade 1649-60

Professor Alice Hunt, Southampton University