Entry to lectures is free for national HA members and Bath Branch local members who have paid an annual subscription (£18). Visitors are welcome and are asked to pay £6 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

Bath Branch Programme 2026-27

Thursday 24 September 2026

Henry V

Speaker: Professor Anne Curry (University of Southampton)

 

Thursday 22 October 2026

Slavery and the development of medical racism

Speaker: Dr Andrea Livesey (Liverpool John Moores University)

 

Thursday 19 November 2026

Centenary Lecture

The House of Boleyn

Speaker: Tracy Borman (Author, broadcaster, Chief Historian of Historic Royal Palaces and Centenary Patron of the HA Bath Branch)

 

Thursday 14 January 2027

Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Villain?

Speaker: Professor Ronald Hutton (University of Bristol)

 

Thursday 25 February 2027

Counter-memorials: Germany’s unique culture of remembrance and apology

Speaker: Angela Findlay (Author)

 

Thursday 25 March 2027

Hidden Behind High Walls: Reconstructing Bath’s Jewish community and their burial ground, 1700-1945

Speaker: Christina Hilsenrath (Author)

 

Thursday 15 April 2027

HA Bath Centenary Dinner in Côte Brasserie

 

Thursday 22 April 2027

The Darkness Echoing: Exploring Ireland’s places of famine, death and rebellion

Speaker: Professor Gillian O’Brien (Liverpool John Moores University)