HISTORY SOCIETY


The History Society is designed primarily for Sixth Form Historians, though it is also open other interested non-historians from the sixth form and to staff and parents.

March 13th.
Professor Roy Foster FBA

'The 1916 Rising and the Irish revolution.'


Friday, February 3rd:
Ben Mcintyre OA
Columnist for The Times.
'Where Journalism meets the past.'

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December 2005 :
Christmas Quiz with legendary quizmaster
Dr. Z.


During the academic year 2004-5 the following meetings were held.

Friday, October 8th:
Nigel Hammond - well known local historian and author
on
Local History and Abingdonians'

Friday, November 19th
Professor David Loades - esteemed historian and prodigious author
on
' The role of the Navy in Tudor Foreign Policy'

Friday, December 3rd
Nicholas
Kinlock - experienced teacher and examiner
on
' Napoleon - the Man and the Myth'

Friday, March 18th
Edward Towne - experienced teacher and Mastermind competitor -
slide show on
' The sinking of the Mary Rose'



 

Monday July 4th
Professor Norman Davies
' Reevaluating the Second World War'.



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