Hull & East Riding Branch Programme

View toward Queen Victoria Square from Carr Lane. One cupola of the Hull Maritime Museum is visible centre-left; the white marble façade of the Ferens Art Gallery is visible centre-right. Copyright David Wright.

HULL & EAST RIDING BRANCH

2008-09 Programme

Saturday 27^th September. Day Visit to Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby & Barton-on-Humber Medieval Church with Anglo-Saxon Tower

Thursday, 2^nd October The Failed Republic: the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Eighteenth Century Dr. Jerzy Lukowski (University of Birmingham) Invitation to the Polish Association:

Thursday, 13^th November Gender and the Medieval Household Dr. Jeremy Goldberg, (University of York).

Thursday 15^th January Fire in the East: the Goths and the Huns and their Impact on the Roman Empire Professor Andrew Poulter (University of Nottingham) Joint Meeting with the Classical Association, who will arrange the venue.

Thursday 12 February Dr Claire Griffiths, (Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull) Title to be confirmed

Thursday 5th March From the River Hull to the Ends of the Earth  Dr. Robb Robinson, with research presentation on     The Family Firm in the Maritime Sector, 1850-1939 Michaela Barnard (Both speakers from the Maritime Studies Centre, University of Hull). This meeting includes the Branch AGM

Meetings are held at the Danish Church, Osborne Street, Hull HU1 2PN, at 7.30.  Venue details for the 15^th January meeting will be sent out in early January.