Cambridge Branch Programme 2009/2010

Kings College Chapel West. Author Andrew Dunn. Licensed under: Creative Commons.

Cambridge Branch Programme 2009-10

Monday 12^th October 6.00 Borders Bookshop Prof. John Shepherd  Author of "George Lansbury: At the Heart of Old Labour" Crisis? What Crisis? The 1979 ‘Winter of Discontent'

Monday 16^th November 6.00 Borders Bookshop Dr Chris Clarke, St Catharine's College, Cambridge Author of "Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947" Q & A session: The Kaiser

Monday 7^th December 6.00 Anglia Ruskin University Dr Seán Lang, Anglia Ruskin University Film evening: The British Empire on Film

Monday 15^th February 6.00 Heffers Bookshop Prof. Tony Badger, Clare College, Cambridge Author of "The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940" Dr David Reynolds, Christ's College, Cambridge Author of "Summits: Six Meetings That Shaped the Twentieth Century" Panel discussion: The American Presidency from Kennedy to Obama

Saturday 13^th March Clare College Finals of the Great Debate Competition for Schools: Why does my local hero matter?

Monday 15^th March 6.00 Heffers Bookshop Prof. John Morrill, Selwyn College, Cambridge Author of  "Oliver Cromwell" Dr John Sutton Author of "A War in the Kingdom" Debate: Should Cambridge be proud of Oliver Cromwell?

Wednesday 21^st April 7.00 Anglia Ruskin University Teachers' evening with Dr Richard Harris, Southampton University, Chairholder, Historical Association Secondary Education Committee

Saturday 24^th April    10.30 a.m.  meet outside Fisher House, Market Place Nick Wise, Hills Road Sixth Form College Walk and Talk: Cambridge's Medieval Market Place

Monday 10^th May 6.00 Heffer's Bookshop Prof. Gary Sheffield, Birmingham University Author of "Forgotten Victory: The First World War" British Generalship in the First World War

Monday 7^th June 6.00 Heffers Bookshop Prof. Anne Curry, Southampton University and President of the Historical Association Author of "Agincourt: A New History" Joan of Arc  (This meeting will also incorporate the AGM)

Monday 5^th July 7.30 Churchill College Annual Dinner, with Guest Speaker Bettany Hughes

The Cambridge Branch of the Historical Association is open to anyone interested in history. When you join the Cambridge Branch you become a member of the Historical Association.

Most meetings are in Heffers Bookshop, starting at 6.00. Members are welcome to dine with the speaker and committee after the talk.

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