Essex Branch Programme

The Arms of Essex

Meetings held in The Link, Trinity Methodist Church, Chelmsford. at 2.30 p.m.

Followed by tea/coffee and biscuits. Free parking at the Church or in the Essex County Council car-park opposite.

Visitors and prospective members warmly welcome - a £2 donation is suggested. For further information contact: shirley@mjdurgan.wanadoo.co.uk

Essex Branch Website

SATURDAY, 2^ND OCTOBER 2010

The Italian Renaissance and links with France and England  [illustrated]           

AGM followed by Glenn Richardson, Reader in Early Modern History & Academic Director, School of Theology, Philosophy and History, St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, a college of the University of Surrey:

SATURDAY, 30^TH OCTOBER 2010

Using Original Historical Documents with Schoolchildren and "Children" of all Ages!  [illustrated]

Ian Mason, Programme Secretary, Cumbria branch of the Historical Association:  Ian's lecture will be a personal memorial by the branch to the late Nancy Edwards, who played such a key role in the life of the branch for so many years.

SATURDAY, 4^TH DECEMBER      

Members' Meeting  

This is a chance for any member to present a short talk on any subject they may be researching or simply have an interest in.  Alternatively, we choose a theme and members select which aspect they would like to talk about.  Whether the talks are on serious subjects or (usually) not, this is always great fun afternoon.   We are still discussing the format for this meeting.

SATURDAY, 8^TH JANUARY 2011

Mountbatten: Hero of our time

Dr Adrian Smith, Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, University of Southampton

SATURDAY, 5^TH FEBRUARY 2011

Women and Work in the Middle Ages.  [illustrated]

Anne Curry, Head of the School of Humanities and Professor of Medieval History, Southampton University, and President of the Historical Association.

SATURDAY, 5^TH MARCH 2011

The Strategy of the American Civil War.

Professor Brian Holden Reid, King's College, London.

SATURDAY,  9^TH APRIL 2011

Colchester's Roman Circus: Past and Future

Philip Crummy, Director of the Colchester Archaeological Trust.

SATURDAY, 7^TH MAY 2011

Witchcraft - How 'bad' were the East Anglian Witch-Hunts of 1645-47? Mid-Seventeenth Century English Witch Persecution in Comparative Context

Alison Rowlands, Senior Lecturer in European History, University of Essex.