The Fall and Rise of the Dreadnought Battleship

USS Texas in San Jacinto State Park, October 2006. The battleship is painted as it was in 1945 with Measure 21, Navy Blue System Camoflage. The camoflage was intended to make the battleship more difficult to detect from the air.

Oxford Programme for 2009-10

Tuesday 13 October  2009 at 7.45 for 8 pm Dr Nicholas Rodger ‘The Fall and Rise of the Dreadnought Battleship' All Souls College, Oxford         
 

Tuesday 24? November  2009 at 7.45 for 8 pm Dr Mark Whittow ‘The Rise of the Castle in Mediterranean Europe' Corpus Christi College, Oxford                          

Monday 1 February 2010 at 4 pm The Cherwell School, Marston Ferry Road Prof Lyndal Roper ‘Luther and the German Reformation' Balliol College, Oxford. Dr Susan Doran ‘Elizabeth I: Problems, Successes and Failures' Jesus College, Oxford

Tuesday 2 March 2010  at 7.45 for 8 pm Dr Jim Bennett ‘Oxford and the 350th Anniversary of the Royal Society' Museum of the History of Science, Oxford        

Sunday 18 / 25 April 2010 walking tour ‘Oxford in the Civil War'

Tuesday 18/25 May 2010 at 6.00 pm Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College. Annual General Meeting of the Oxford branch. To be followed by: 7.00pm Annual Buffet Supper. 8.15pm The Sixth Marjorie Reeves Memorial Lecture Prof. Ronald Hutton University of Bristol ‘Title to be confirmed'

With the exception of the AGM and Marjorie Reeves Memorial Lecture on 18 / 25^th May 2010 and the meeting at The Cherwell School, meetings will be held in the History Faculty, Old Boys' High School, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL.  Please enter by the door at the rear of the building. Wine and soft drinks will be available (at individual charge) before meetings. Guests are welcome at all meetings other than the AGM. Members may bring guests to the buffet supper (with advance booking) and to the Marjorie Reeves lecture following the AGM.  

Branch Officers President:  Dr. Steven Gunn, Merton College, Oxford. OX1 4JD  Treasurer: Dr Peter Vass. Address Secretary:  Dr Vivienne Larminie, 81 Old Road, Headington, Oxford. OX3 7LA. Schools Liaison: Ms.Margaret Conway.

Committee: Dr. Virginia Crossman, Mr Jonathan Lambe,  Ms.Heather Sykes, Mr.Geoffrey Hinton, Dr Jill Lewis, Dr Christine Jackson, Ms.Jo Smail