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  2. History Subject Reunion

History Subject Reunion

Start date
Sat, 03/09/2022 - 11:00
End date
Sat, 03/09/2022 - 17:00

We are delighted to invite all alumni who read History, read History in a joint honours course, or did graduate study in the discipline, to join us on Saturday 3rd September 2022 for the History Reunion at LMH.

We will be joined by History Fellows Michael Broers and Grant Tapsell, as well as current students for a stimulating academic programme, good food and a wonderful opportunity to meet with contemporaries and other fellow History alumni across the years.

The reunion has special significance since Professor Broers will be retiring in September after eighteen years as a Fellow of the college.

Please see the full programme below:

11.00 am                   Morning tea and coffee in the Monson Room (Pipe Partridge).

11.45 am                   Welcome - Grant Tapsell (1995), Fellow and Tutor.

Including tributes to Susan Reynolds (1929-2021) and Clive Holmes (1943-2022), and a sense of History at LMH in 2022.

12 noon                     'History and the publishers’

A round table discussion in the Simpkins Lee Theatre with:

David Clark (1987), Managing Director, Academic, OUP;

Jo Godfrey (2003), Senior Commissioning Editor, History and Current Affairs, Yale UP;

Margaret Willes (1964), the former publisher at The National Trust, and author of The Making of the English Gardener: Plants, Books and Inspiration 1560-1660 and The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn.                           

1.00 pm                     Buffet lunch in Deneke Dining Hall.

2.15 pm                     Biography-ing Napoleon: The Pratfalls of Biography.

A lecture by Michael Broers, Fellow and Tutor, author of The Napoleonic Empire in Italy, Europe under Napoleon, Europe After Napoleon, Napoleon's Other War: Bandits, Rebels, and their Pursuers in the Age of Revolutions, and a major new three-volume biography: Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny, Napoleon: The Spirit of the Age, and Napoleon: The Decline and Fall of an Empire.                                                                 

3.15 pm                     Afternoon tea, coffee in the Monson Room (Pipe Partridge).

4.00 pm                    ‘What is women's history now?’                   

 A round table discussion in the Simpkins Lee Theatre with:

Amanda Foreman (1991), author of Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire, A World on Fire, and presenter of the TV series 'The Ascent of Woman';

Kathryn Hughes (1978), author of The Victorian Governess, George Eliot: The Last Victorian,  The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton, and Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum;                                     

Frances Lannon (1969), author of Privilege, Persecution, and Prophecy: The Catholic Church in Spain, 1875-1975, 'Women and Images of Women in the Spanish Civil War', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 6th ser., 1 (1991), and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford: The First 125 Years, 1879-004.                                                                

5.00 pm                     Guests depart.

Materials relating to the history of History at LMH, drawn from the college's Archives and Library, will be on display throughout the day in the Monson Room, courtesy of the Archivist (Oliver Mahony) and the Librarian (Jamie Fishwick-Ford).

The event including refreshments, lunch and afternoon tea, is £35 per person and you can book using this link. The dress code for this event is smart casual and you are most welcome to bring a guest. Booking will close on Wednesday 17th August.

We hope to see you back in College in September for this special occasion and if you have any questions in the meantime please do not hesitate to get in touch with the development team at development.events@lmh.ox.ac.uk.

Limited accommodation is available in College on 2nd and 3rd September. If you would like to book a room please contact us at development.events@lmh.ox.ac.uk.

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