North London Branch Programme

Branch Programme


North London Branch Programme 2023-24

Chairman: Councillor Michael Rye OBE, BA(Hons), PGCE, F.Coll.P., NPQH, FHA.

All meetings will be held at 8pm at the Jubilee Hall, Parsonage Lane, Enfield, EN2 0AJ. 

Please contact Robin Blades, Branch Secretary for details at robin.blades@outlook.com or on 020 8368 5328.

Non-members welcome (£2 per meeting at Hall).  Associate Membership available for £6 a year for an individual or £10 a year for a couple.

 

Tuesday 12 September 2023

Fighting for Sovereignty: The Ottoman Empire and the First World War

Mustafa Ibrahim

This meeting will be followed by refreshments and the Branch AGM

 

Tuesday 10 October 2023

The Inedible Middle Ages: Food, Status and Performance in Medieval Society

Professor Andrew Jotischky (Royal Holloway, University of London)

 

Tuesday 14 November 2023

Social Capital; Merchant Capital; Not Enough Capital? Richard Arnold, his Neighbours and the Social Networks of Trade in Late 15th Century London 

Dr Justin Colson (Institute of Historical Research, London) 

 

Tuesday 12 December 2023

Who wants to be a Trillionaire? Causes and Consequences of the Weimar Hyperinflation

Dr Christopher Dillon (King’s College, London)

 

Tuesday 9 January 2024

Feeding Civilians and Saving the Family: Consumption, Charity and the State in Belgium and Britain during the First World War

Chloe Pieters (University College, London)

 

Tuesday 13 February 2024

Sentinels of the Sea: the Amazing History of Lighthouses

Mark Lewis

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Tuesday 12 March 2024

Perceptions of Stonehenge and Other Prehistoric Monuments in the 17th Century

Professor Alexandra Walsham (HA President, Emmanuel College, Cambridge)

 

Tuesday 9 April 2024

William and Mary and the effects of the Glorious Revolution on Britain

Dr David Smith (Selwyn College, Cambridge)