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 22nd November 2017 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. The recently inaugurated John Scarborough Lecture is also held annually, and covers 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 2018-19 season.
All lectures will be held at New Walk Museum at 7.30pm apart from the AGM on 21st November
| Date | Subject | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 1 November 2018 |
Sex, Shoes & Money: How shoemaking made Leicester famous |
Dr David Holmes Loughborough University |
| Wednesday 21 November 2018 |
The 163rd Annual General Meeting at The Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester, LE1 5FQ
| Dr. Richard Thomas School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester. |
| Thursday 6 December 2018 |
Charles Loraine Smith (1751-1835): The Squire of Enderby and his Leicestershire circle | Philip Warren Leicestershire County Council Museums Service |
| Thursday 10 January 2019 |
What have we learnt about Roman Leicestershire & Rutland? | Peter Liddle MBE
|
| Thursday 7 February 2019 |
East Midlands Gateway: Prehistoric and Roman remains in the parishes of Kegworth and Lockington |
Patrick Daniel Wessex Archaeology |
| Thursday 28 February 2019 |
Members’ Evening If you would like to present the results of your research to fellow members please contact the Hon. Lecture Secretary by email at lectures@lahs.org.uk or by phone on 0116 2120271 | |
| Thursday 7 March 2019 |
W. Alan North Memorial Lecture Green Romans? Roman attitudes to the environment
|
Dr Ailsa Hunt University of Birmingham |
| Thursday 28 March 2019 |
Scarborough High Middle Ages Lecture A Divers Panoply: The far-flung residences of the medieval bishops of Lincoln
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Prof David Stocker
University of Birmingham |
| Thursday 11 April 2019 |
If These Sherds Could Speak: Understanding Ticknall’s pottery industry |
Janet Spavold and Sue Brown Ticknall Archaeological Research Group |
| Thursday 2 May 2019 |
How was the Battle of Bosworth won? |
Richard Knox Leicestershire County Council Museums Service |
| Thursday 23 May 2019 |
The Enderby Shield: discovery, analysis and experiment. |
Mattew Beamish University of Leicester Archaeological Services
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