For all branch enquiries please contact Dr John Oliphant at john@johnoliphant.net or telephone 07910 672 131

All meetings will be held on Thursdays from 7-9 pm at St Saviour’s Church Hall, South Street, Eastbourne BN21 4UT.

Entry is free to members, and visitor fees are £2 per lecture. Annual associate branch membership is available at the door for £10. 

 

East Sussex Branch Programme 2025 - 6

 

Thursday 4 September 2025

Robespierre and the Terror in the French Revolution

Professor Marisa Linton, University of Kingston

 

Thursday 5 February 2026

Britain’s Wilderness Frontier: North American Borderlands 1761-1775

Dr John Oliphant, Independent Scholar

 

Thursday 5 March 2026

Thomas Paine and his Time in Lewes

Leanne O’Boyle, Bull House

 

Thursday 2 April 2026

The Social Spread of the Egalitarian Handshake in Britain, 1700-1850

Professor Penelope Corfield, Royal Holloway University of London

 

Friday 7 May 2026 **Please note date & venue change**

Different Venue: Bibendum, 1 Grange Road, Eastbourne BN21 4EU, opposite the town hall.

From Ships to Systems: A I and Rethinking Maritime Britain, C. 1550 – 1750

Professor Craig Lambert, University of Southampton

 

Thursday 4 June 2026

Medieval Pilgrim Badges

Colin Torode, Independent Scholar

 

Thursday 2 July 2026

The Festival of Britain

Colin Manton, Independent Scholar

 

Thursday 3 Sept 2026

Charles I: Traitor or Martyr

Dr. David Smith, University of Cambridge

 

Thursday 1 October

Sussex Wills and Material Culture

Dr Emily Vine, University of Exeter

 

November 2026

Visit to the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum

Date TBA