There is an admission charge of £5 for non- HA members and £3 for students at Monday lectures. Associate membership of the branch is £20 per year.

Monday evening lectures take place at 7.25 pm at the West Cliff Hotel, Durley Chine Rd BH2 5JS. Free parking is available in the two car parks at the hotel BUT visitors must hand in their car registration details at reception or receive a fine. (Use M1, M2, 1, 3,16, 18,19, 20 and 36 buses getting off at St Michael’s Roundabout).

Branch secretary: Dr R. Hill. Contact: 0300 100 0223 | suzannah.stern@history.org.uk 

Bournemouth, Christchurch, & Poole Branch Programme 2025-26

Monday 13 October, 7.25 pm start

Dr Nicholas Karn, Southampton University

Medieval Forgeries

 

Monday 17 November, 7.25 pm start

Dr Joan Tumblety, Southampton University

France under the Nazis

 

Monday 12 January, 7.25 pm start

Prof. Steven Gunn, Merton College, Oxford

Who Did Henry VIII Think That He Was?

 

Monday 23 February, 7.25 pm start

Dr James Ross, Winchester University

From Royalist to Rebel. Richard Duke of York and the Wars of the Roses

 

Monday 23 March, 7.25 pm start

Prof. Alexandra Walsham, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, President of the HA  

‘Persecution and Toleration in Britain 1400-1700‘

 

Monday 11 May, 7.25 pm start

Dr David Torrance, House of Commons Library

The General Strike 1926