There is an admission charge of £5 for non- HA members and £3 for students at Monday lectures. Associate membership of the branch is £20 per year.

Monday evening lectures take place at 7.25 pm at the West Cliff Hotel, Durley Chine Rd BH2 5JS. Free parking is available in the two car parks at the hotel BUT visitors must hand in their car registration details at reception or receive a fine. (Use M1, M2, 1, 3,16, 18,19, 20 and 36 buses getting off at St Michael’s Roundabout).

Branch secretary: Dr R. Hill. Contact: 0300 100 0223 | suzannah.stern@history.org.uk 

Bournemouth, Christchurch, & Poole Branch Programme 2024-25

Monday 14 October 2024, 7.25 pm start
Dr John McAleer, Southampton University
Sharks, Seasickness and Stale Biscuits. The Voyage to Asia in the Age of Sail

Monday 4 November 2024, 7.25 pm start
Hattie Miles, Social Historian
The Tragic Life of Mary Shelley and Her Enduring Legacy

Monday 17 February 2025, 7.25 pm start
Dr Carey Fleiner , University of Winchester
Hannibal, the Romans and the Second Punic War 218-202 BC

Monday 3 March 2025, 7.25 pm start
Dr Chris Fuller, Southampton University
‘Known as the graveyard of Empires‘. Was the US nation building effort in Afghanistan doomed from the outset?

Monday 12 May 2025, 7.25 pm start
Dr Edward Hicks, UK Parliament
Spencer Percival: The Underrated PM

Monday 9 June, 2025 7.25 pm start
Dr Craig Lambert, Southampton University
Who was William Fowler? John Hawkins, European Connectivity and the 16th Century Atlantic Slave Trade