Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 13th October 2026

Time: 7pm

Venue: Room 1.09, Park Building, King Henry I St, Portsmouth, PO1 2BZ

Description: Neville Chamberlain believed he was taking the risky but bold step of building a trusting relationship with Adolf Hitler. Hitler boasted that he had successfully deceived Chamberlain into believing his ambitions ended with the Sudetenland. The former spoke in public and private of trust; the latter, in private, flaunted his deception. Although the Munich Conference, the “object-lesson” of the postwar era, has been studied in its minutiae by numerous historians and for its broader lessons by International Relations scholars, the functions and processes of trust-building and deception have yet to be thoroughly examined. Drawing on an increasingly sophisticated trust literature, this paper aims to offer an initial investigation into the role of trust and deception in the making of Munich.

How to book: No need to book, just turn up

Email: portsmouthhistorybranch@gmail.com

Lecturer: Professor Harmonie Toros, University of Reading

Region: South-East England

Branch: Portsmouth