Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society
Founded 1855
Lecture Programme
Lectures are normally held at 7.30pm. on Thursday evenings at New Walk Museum – entrance from New walk
The AGM is on 29th November 2012
Every year the W A North Memorial lecture is held in March and covers a topic related to the Roman Republic or Empire.
Lectures to members of the Society form an important part of the annual programme of activities. Between September and April lectures are held approximately every two weeks and consist of a mixture of history and archaeology topics usually on subjects which have local significance. However, on occasions subjects of national and international importance feature in the programme.
Programme for the 2012-13 season. The first lecture will be on Thursday 4th October 2012
| Date | Subject | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|
| 4 October 2012 | Viking Leicester |
Dr Michael Wood |
| 18 October 2012 | Vernacular Erections: Lincolnshire Coastal Development and Conservation before 1940 |
Dr Susan Barton |
| 1 November 2012 | Orson Wright: Champion of the People | Peter Cousins |
| 15 November 2012 | Deeply buried prehistoric archaeology at Must Farm, Cambridgeshire: Understanding past peoples’ movement in a time transgressive environment | Mark Knight |
| 29 November 2012(AGM) | The 158th Annual General Meeting of the Society | |
| 13 December 2012 | Members’ evening at the Guildhall | |
| 10 January 2013 | A Blessing to the Town: the Vaughan Working Men's College | Cynthia Brown |
| 24 January 2013 | Excavation of a Roman Temple at Egleton, Rutland | Jim Brown |
| 7 February 2013 | W. Alan North Memorial Lecture Chedworth Roman Villa: research and redisplay | Professor Simon Esmonde Cleary |
| 21 February 2013 | Centres of Royal Power in Anglo-Saxon Leicestershire: The place-name evidence |
Dr Jill Bourne |
| 14 March 2013 | The identity and Leicester associations of the important early Tudor composer, Hugh Aston | Professor Patrick Boylan |
| 4 April 2013 | In Search of the Heartland of Mercia |
Dr Paul Bowman |