Ealing Branch: Programme of Talks - September 2013 to May 2014
All talks are in the Parlour of Ealing Green Church,W5 5QT, except 11 February (see below).
Lectures start at 7.30pm, and refreshments are available from 7.00pm. For further details see
our branch website www.ealinghistory.org.uk
2013
Tuesday 10 Sept. - Dr. Rosemary Horrox – ‘The Black Death - Contemporary
Explanations’. Rosemary Horrox is Director of Studies in History at Fitzwilliam College,
University of Cambridge.
Tuesday 8 Oct. - Martin Plaut – ‘The South African National Congress delegation
to London of 1909 and its aftermath’. Martin Plaut is senior research fellow at the
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.
Tuesday 12 Nov. - Professor Clive Bloom – ‘London’s Burning; Civil Unrest & Urban
Riots’. Clive Bloom is Emeritus Professor of English and American Studies at Middlesex
University, a best-selling author and publisher.
Tuesday 10 Dec. - AGM - To mark the 150th anniversary of the formation of Ealing Local
Board of Health, our Chairman, Dr. Peter Hounsell, talks about ‘Modest beginnings: the
early years of Ealing Local Board.’
There will be wine and food at this meeting.
2014
Tuesday 14 Jan. - Dr John Maddicott – ‘Simon de Montfort - Idealist or Adventurer?’
Dr Maddicott was a Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History at Exeter College, Oxford
Tuesday 11 Feb. - Richard Ryan - ‘The Spanish Civil War’ . [N.B. This meeting will be
held at Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College, Ealing Green, W5 5EW]
Richard Ryan is completing a PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London, on the impact
of the Spanish Civil War on Liverpool's Catholic Community.
Tuesday 11 March - Professor Anita Prazmowska ‘Polish Migration to Britain During
and After the Second World War’ . Professor Prazmowska is Professor of International
History at the London School of Economics, London University
Tuesday 8 April - Michael Gandy – ‘The story of the Huguenots’
Michael Gandy is former research officer of The Huguenot Society.
Tuesday 13 May - Professor Justin Champion - ‘The Public History of Magna
Carta’. Professor Champion of Royal Holloway, University of London, is a strong
proponent of public history and is a member of the Historical Association's Committee of
Public History.
For more information contact :
Philip Woods Publicity Officer, 6 Elm Crescent, W5 3JW philip.woods@tiscali.co.uk