Hertfordshire Branch Programme
Branch contact: All enquiries to Jan Picken janpicken@cantab.net or tel. 07786 044952
Venue: Meetings are held at the Backhouse Room, 116 Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 6SZ on Saturdays at 3pm
Associate membership £15 per season. Meetings free to national HA members, visitors £3.
Hertfordshire Branch Programme 2026-7
September 19th 2026
The fall of Constantinople 1453
Mr Alexander Sandiford, Royal Holloway, London University
October 10th 2026
Past and Present of the British Welfare State
Professor Patricia Thane, Birkbeck, London University
November 28th 2026
The Maya - Masters of Time: ancient Maya astronomy, calendars, prophecies, and games
Mr Ian Mursell, MirandaNet Fellow, Institute of Education, London University and
Director, 'Mexicolore'
December 12th 2026
Joan of Arc: English heroine, English views 1429-2026
Professor Anne Curry, Royal Holloway, London University
January 16th 2027
Faith healing, miracles and science in the reign of Charles II: the Irish "stroker" Valentine Greatrakes (1629-1683)
Dr Ariel Hessayan, Goldsmiths, London University
February 27th 2027
Post Roman Recession
Professor Bryan Ward-Perkins, Emeritus Fellow, Trinity College, Oxford University
March 20th 2027
Explaining McCarthyism
Professor Kendrick Oliver, Southampton University
April 17th 2027
The Revolting French
Professor Pamela Pilbeam, Emeritus Professor, Royal Holloway, London University