Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 9th May 2024

Time: 5pm

Venue: Geoffrey Thomas Lecture Theatre, Rewley House, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA

Description: This lecture encourages students to think broadly about History as an academic discipline. It examines the difference between facts and interpretation, looks at the question of objectivity, and considers how the study of history has evolved over time. Crucially, it highlights that History is an argument about the past. While it is relatively easy to write a narrative of past events, historians must make a case for the broader significance and importance of those events. Understanding those arguments enables us to see what historians are trying to say about their subject and the world at large.

How to book: For any further information, please contact Dr Vivienne Larminie, branch secretary, email vivienne.larminie@history.ox.ac.uk Alternatively telephone Dr Steven Gunn on 01865 276350

Price: Entry to meetings is free for HA members, non-members £2 per meeting.

Email: vivienne.larminie@history.ox.ac.uk

Organiser: Dr Andrew Hopper

Lecturer: Dr Andrew Johnstone (University of Leicester)

Region: South-East England

Branch: Oxford