Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society
Founded 1855
Lecture Programme
Lectures are normally held at 7.30pm. on Thursday evenings at New Walk Museum – please use main entrance from New walk
The AGM is on 24th November 2016 at the Guildhall.
Every year the W A North Memorial lecture is held in March and covers a topic related to the Roman Republic or Empire, and from 2017 the John Scarborough Lecture which will also be held annually and will cover an aspect of the High Medieval in the East Midlands.
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 or three 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 2016-17 season.
All lectures will be held at New Walk Museum at 7.30pm apart from the AGM on 24th November
| Date | Subject | Lecturer |
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| 6 October 2016 | Late Neolithic Art and Symbolism at Rothley Lodge Farm, Rothley |
Dr. Patrick Clay
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| 27 October 2016 | Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon activity at Pineham, Northamptonshire |
James Harvey and Dr. Gavin Speed
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| 24 November 2016 | The 161st Annual General Meeting at The Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester, LE1 5FQ
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Dr. Richard Thomas
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| 8 December 2016 | Burning Passions: the struggle for women’s suffrage in Leicestershire | Jess Jenkins
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| 12 January 2017 | The 1916 Zeppelin Raid on Loughborough |
Bob Stephens
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| 9 February 2017 | Local heritage opposition to post war town planning schemes: Leicester and Coventry |
Mark Webb
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| 23 February 2017 | Members’ Evening If you would like to present the results of your |
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| 9 March 2017 | W. Alan North Memorial Lecture Tickets available online through EventBrite:
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Prof. Tim Whitmarsh University of Cambridge |
| 6 April 2017 | The digital reconstruction of the church of the Annunciation of the |
Dr. Douglas Cawthorne
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| 27 April 2017 | Scientific knowledge, print culture and radical politics in late 18th century Leicestershire |
Dr. John Hinks |
| 4 May 2017 (not 11 May as advertised on Membership Card) |
John Scarborough Lecture Test pit excavation: exploring a new source of evidence for historic village development Tickets available through EventBrite: https://carenzalewis_scarboroughlecture.eventbrite.co.uk
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Prof. Carenza Lewis
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