Canterbury Branch Programme 2021-22

2021

 

Thursday 16 September, 4.30pm

Venue: Kent College, H1, CT2 9DT

HA Canterbury Branch Committee Meeting

 

Thursday 30 September, 6.15pm (AGM) and 7pm (talk)

Venue: The Old Synagogue, 33-34 King St, Canterbury CT1 2AJ

AGM followed by ‘The Craft: How the Freemasons mad ethe Modern World’

Professor John Dickie, University College London

 

Tuesday 16 November, 7pm

Venue: King’s School Canterbury, Gateway Chamber, St Augustine’s, Lady Wootton’s Green CT1 1NG

6^th Form Debate

 

Thursday 11 November, 7pm

Venue: University of Kent, Grimond Lecture Theatre 1, CT2 7NZ

Talk – title TBC

Professor Hakim Adi, University of Chichester.

 

Thursday 2 December, 7pm

Venue: Kent College, Old Library CT2 9DT

‘British Philanthropy and National Identity: Politics and Culture wars Since 1700’

Professor Hugh Cunningham, Kent University

 

 

2022

 

Thursday 6 January, 4.30pm

Venue: King’s School Canterbury, Gateway Chamber, St Augustine’s, Lady Wootton’s Green CT1 1NG

HA Canterbury Branch Committee Meeting

 

Thursday 13 January, 7pm

Venue: Online – please contact  jackie.eales@canterbury.ac.uk to register

‘Everyday Life and Accidental Death in Tudor Kent’

Professor Steven Gunn, Merton College, Oxford

 

Thursday 10 February, 7pm

The Lawrence and Marjorie Lyle Commemorative Lecture

Venue: Claggett Auditorium, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, CT1 2EG

‘Crown & Sceptre: A History of the British Monarchy, 1066-2021’.

Dr Tracy Borman, Historic Royal Palaces

 

Thursday 10 March, 7pm

We are delighted to invite you to this talk in conjunction with the King's School, Canterbury.

Tickets are free, but you must book your place via the King's School Box Office. Please click the link to book. https://thekingsschool.ticketsolve.com/shows/873631444?bblinkid=258091392&bbemailid=38070944&bbejrid=-2037357796

 

Venue: the Malthouse Theatre, Malthouse Rd, St Stephen's Rd, Canterbury CT2 7JA

‘World War II and its Consequences’

Sir Antony Beevor

 

Thursday 14 April, 4.30pm

Venue: Kent College, H1, CT2 9DT

HA Canterbury Branch Committee Meeting

 

Thursday 5 May,

6pm Drinks Reception, 7pm (Edward Towne Lecture)

King’s School Canterbury, The Schoolroom next to the Norman Staircase

‘L. du Garde Peach’s Ladybird Books Adventures from History Series: Peach and History and the History of Peach’

Dr David Perkins, King’s School Canterbury

A recording of this talk is now available on YouTube History of L du Garde Peach | Dr David Perkins - YouTube 

 

Thursday 26 May, 7pm

Venue: Darwin Lecture Theatre 1, University of Kent

‘The Slaves’ War: The U.S. Civil War & the Founding of the Second American Republic’

Dr Erik Mathiesen, Kent University

 

Thursday 9 June, time TBC

Venue: Kent College, Old Library CT2 9DT

CPD day for teachers of KS2 History (Details TBC)

 

Saturday 18 June, daytime

Visit to Canterbury led by Julian Waltho, followed by

‘1399 and All That – How Henry IV Sacrificed his Family and Saved the British Empire?’

Malcolm Johnston

 

Thursday 13 January 2022, time TBC

Venue: Canterbury Christchurch University.

‘History at University’ Seminar – for Year 12 students interested in studying History at university. Details TBC