Chichester Branch Programme
Chichester Branch Programme 2024-25
Enquiries to Mr Alex Bristow alexjbristow@outlook.com 01903 505554
All meetings start at 7.30pm except January at 2.30pm in the Friends’ Meeting House, Priory Road, Chichester PO19 1NX. Meetings are expected to finish by 9 pm (4 pm in January). Light refreshments are served from 7 pm (2 pm in January).
Admission to meetings is free for full HA members. Branch membership for the season costs £20 (£30 for couples). One-off attendance is £5 per meeting.
Thursday 13th June 2024
Dr Andrew Smith, OMC London
Routes of Resistance: France, Britain and Legacies of the Second World War.
Thursday 19th September 2024
Dr Michael Rowe, King’s College, London
Napoleon’s Empire: How it worked; who was in; and who was out.
Thursday 17th October 2024
Professor David Tal, University of Sussex
The Origins and Development of the USA-Israel Relationship.
Thursday 21st November 2024
Dr Edward Hampshire, Kings College London, and Naval Historical Branch Portsmouth.
The Royal Navy in the cold War Years 1966-1990: Retreat and Renewal.
Thursday 19th December 2024
Annual General Meeting with Three Short Talks.
Saturday 18th January 2025
Dr Danae Tankard, University of Chichester
Factionalism & Dissent in a Late 17th Century City: Chichester 1678-1685
Thursday 20th February 2025
Professor Adrian Smith, University of Southampton
Mountbatten: Viceroy, Empire and Cold War 1943-1979
Thursday 20th March 2025: 25th John Fines Memorial Lecture:
Professor Alexandra Walsham, University of Cambridge, President of the HA
Remembering the Reformation
Thursday 17th April 2025
Professor Marisa Linton, University of Kingston
Leaders of the French Revolution
Thursday 15th May 2025
Dr Paul Flenley, University of Portsmouth
Russia and the West: The Origins of the Crisis in Relations
Thursday 19th June 2025
Dr Nicola Phillips, Royal Holloway, University of London
18th Century Women’s Legal Disabilities and How They Got Round Them.