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Forthcoming online events
Forthcoming online events
Lecture: The Future of History: the next 176 years
April 20, 2021
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Zoom
Speakers: Prof. Margot Finn, Prof. Sarah Lloyd, and Dr Tim Lomas. And now for something completely different! Instead of a lecture: a discussion; whereby a panel of eminent historians will each share their personal perspective of the history of the past, present and future. There will then follow a chance for debate and audience participation.
Lecture: Coffee - A global history
May 4, 2021
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Zoom
Speaker: Prof. Jonathan Morris. Prof. Morris’s book, Coffee: 'A Global History', upon which his presentation will be based, explains how the world acquired a taste for coffee, and why coffee tastes are so different throughout the world. He will trace the bean’s journey from the forests of Ethiopia through the coffee houses of Europe, the plantations of Brazil, the introduction of instant coffee, and the global coffee shop culture of today.
Lecture: Apsley Cherry-Garrard - Hertfordshire's Antarctic Explorer
May 11, 2021
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Zoom
Speaker: Chris Bennett. Chris takes a look at the writings of Apsley Cherry-Garrard of Lamer, Wheathampstead, who accompanied Captain Scott on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1913.
External lecture: Place-names and the early administrative structure of Hertfordshire
May 15, 2021
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Zoom
Speaker: Dr John Baker. The lecture will explore the use of place-names within a broader interdisciplinary framework and consider what 'onomastics' - the study of history and origin of proper names - can contribute to our understanding of the processes that led to the emergence of Hertfordshire.
Lecture: Regeneration in East London - Toynbee Hall, the London Dock and the Royal London Hospital
May 18, 2021
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Zoom
Speaker: Richard Griffiths. Richard will talk about some of his recent projects namely Toynbee Hall; the London Dock; and the conversion of the Royal London Hospital into the Tower Hamlets Town Hall. He will expound his belief that adding a new layer of architecture and use to old buildings is as interesting and rewarding as designing a new building.
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