Bath Branch Programme


Bath Branch Programme 2023-24


Entry to lectures is free for national HA members and Bath branch local members who have paid an annual subscription. Visitors are welcome and are asked to pay £5 per lecture.

For more information please contact Mike Short, Branch Secretary, mikeshort20@btinternet.com or 01225 812945.

Lectures begin at 7.30 pm at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN.

The Bath branch website is www.historybath.org.

 

Programme for 2023-24

 

Thursday 26 October 2023

The impact of the ‘girl conchies’: female pacifists in World War II

Speaker: Steve Illingworth (Teacher and writer)

 

Thursday 23 November 2023

The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin

Speaker: Professor Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway University of London)

 

Thursday 7 December 2023

Branch Members’ Christmas Celebration at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

Special Guest: Robert Campbell (Head of Heritage Services, Bath and North East Somerset Council)  

 

Thursday 18 January 2024

Aztecs Abroad: The Indigenous American Discovery of Europe

Speaker: Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock (University of Sheffield)

 

Monday 5 February 2024

The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

Speaker: Dr Anna Keay (Landmark Trust)

 

Thursday 22 February 2024

The North East Corner: 300 years of Freemasonry in Bath

Speaker: Malcolm Toogood (Author and local historian)

 

Thursday 21 March 2024

Benedictine Bath c950-2024: Early Dominance, Later Mission, Present Legacy

Speaker: Dr Giles Mercer (Teacher and writer)

 

Thursday 25 April 2024

Hatshepsut: Egypt’s female pharaoh

Speaker: Lucia Gahlin (Archaeologist and writer)

 

Wednesday 22 May 2024

Members’ Visit to Berkeley Castle

 

Friday 14 June 2024

Members’ Visit to Bradley House and All Saints’ Church, Maiden Bradley