Local History Talks
History in Chichester: A listings site for public talks and guest lectures about historians and the past.
Welcome to the University of Chichester’s History Department. The Department is consistently ranked among the best in the UK for student satisfaction and is a ‘top fifteen’ 2011-12 Sunday Times University Guide organization. Composed of 12 historians and 195 undergraduates it is thriving.
To help students, staff and the wider community find out more about public history lectures in the Chichester area we are delighted to publish the following listings pages of forthcoming events. It is a remarkable document listing a fascinating range of speakers and subjects. As anyone can see Chichester is truly a wonderful place to be interested in the past! Of special note are our two regional partners that involve historians from the Department. Dr Andrew Chandler (Reader in History) runs the George Bell Institute in association with the Cathedral and as you will see below he is hosting three international speakers there this Autumn. Dr. Danae Tankard (Senior Lecturer in History) is co-employed by the University and the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum. Annually it hosts the ‘Tales from the Downs’ guest lecture series.
Our own department also regularly hosts guest academics to present their research findings, often they are from one of our international partners the University of Eastern Finland and KLU Lueven. This autumn we welcome two guest speakers to campus:
5 October 2011, Alwyn Turner on ‘The 1970s: A revolutionary decade’, Cloisters, Bishop Otter Campus, 18.00.
22 November, 2011, Professor Alun Munslow, ‘Historians on history’, LO6, Bishop Otter Campus, 1800.
I hope you enjoy reading the listings below. All information was correct at the time we consulted it. However do telephone organizations to make sure there are no last minute changes or errors on our part. Also keep an eye for updates which we will add as and when new events are listed. If we have overlooked something relevant you would like to promote here please do contact us.
Dr. Hugo Frey, Head of History, University of Chichester.
H.Frey@chi.ac.uk
Bognor Regis Local History Society
Meetings: http://www.bognormuseum.moonfruit.com/#/local-history-society/4553205510
Monday 12th September
Images of Women in Victoria's Britain - Celia O'Shea
Monday 10th October
Diggin' Up the Past in the 2000's - John Mills
Monday 4th November
Screen Archive South East
Contact: Kay Fall telephone 01243 268695 or you can email kayfall@beachfalls.co.uk for more details. All meetings start at 7:30 at the Hub Community Centre, 73 Queensway, Bognor Regis.
Chichester Cathedral
http://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/dyn/pages/whats-on/_folder1/
SEPTEMBER
Thursday 29th: 12.30pm - 2.15pm, Friends' Food for Thought lunch in Vicars' Hall. Followed by an organ recital given by Tim Ravalde, Chichester Cathedral Assistant Organist
OCTOBER
Monday 3rd: 2.30pm, The making of 'A Friend in Need' - Chichester film and video makers by Annabelle Hancock in Vicars' Hall
Thursday 4th & Thursday 6th: 10.30am - 12.00noon - Hot Topics: Tickets are available now for 'Organ Donation - should we opt in or opt out?' led by Caroline Soar of West Sussex Primary Care Trust. This lively session will look at the issues surrounding this tricky subject and ask what it means for society and the individual.
Monday 10th: 6.30pm, Cathedral Lecture: 'How should the Bible function in today's Church?' by Professor James Dunn, in the Nave of the Cathedral with free entry.
Tuesday 11th & Friday 14th: 9.00am, Friends' Book at Breakfast meetings with the Cathedral Chancellor, in George Bell House - Why God Won't Go Away' - Engaging with the New Atheism' by Alister McGrath
Thursday 20th: 12.30pm - 2.00pm, Friends' Food for Thought Lunch and Talk in Vicars' Hall (John Pollard: The Origins and Decline of the Continental Celts)
NOVEMBER
Monday 7th: 2.30pm, Cathedral Fellowship: 'Following the Lady with the Lamp!' by Molly Stickings in Vicars' Hall
Tuesday 8th & Friday 11th: 10.30am - 12noon, Hot Topics: 'Science and Religion - Friends, Enemies, or just different?' by Canon Anthony Cane, in George Bell House, by ticket only 01243 813595
Wednesday 9th: 12.30pm - 2.00pm, Friends' Food for Thought Lunch and Talk in Vicars' Hall (Martyn Bell: Tangmere & the French Resistance)
DECEMBER
Monday 5th: 2.30pm, Cathedral Fellowship Christmas tea with musical entertainment in Vicars' Hall
Tuesday 6th: 6.30pm, Cathedral Lecture: 'Handel and the King James Bible' by The Dean of Chichester, free and in the Nave
Wednesday 7th: 12.30pm - 2.00pm, Friends' Food for Thought Lunch and Talk in Vicars' Hall (Rosemary Moon: Christmas Cookery)
Contact: For details of any events please contact enquiries@chichestercathedral.org.uk or telephone Reception on 01243 782595.
Chichester Cinema at New Park
Film Courses and Talks: http://www.chichestercinema.org/film-talks
The Novel into Film
A nine week film study (in 3 parts) that looks at how well known novels are transformed into films. The course is designed so that you can attend all nine weeks; individual three week course; or single classes.
Theme 1: “The Child in War”
Fri 30 Sep 13.30 - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Fri 7 Oct 13.30 - The Kite Runner
Fri 14 Oct 13.30 - Empire of the Sun
Theme 2: “Films of the 60’s”
Fri 28 Oct 13.30 - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Fri 4 Nov 13.30 – A Taste of Honey
Fri 11 Nov 13.30 - Room at the Top
Theme 3: “Crime Fiction"
Fri 18 Nov 13.30 - Brighton Rock
Fri 25 Nov 13.30 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Fri 2 Dec 13.30 - Dr. No
(No class on Fri 21 Oct - Half Term)
Contact: Box Office: 01243 78 66 50 Hours: 12.30pm to 8.30pm
Except... Mondays: 10am to 5.30pm and 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the Month: 12.30 to 5.30pm
Address: New Park Road, Chichester, West Sussex. PO19 7XY England
Chichester Festival Theatre
What’s on (all): http://www.cft.org.uk/cft-productions.asp
http://www.cft.org.uk/cft-events-autumn.asp
Contact: http://www.cft.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=917
Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 6AP
Box Office: 01243 781312. box.office@cft.org.uk
Chichester Local History Society
Programme: http://chichesterlocalhistory.org.uk/programme/
Programme 2011 - 2012:
14 SEP 2011
From Frattenbury to Wrenchester - Chichester as seen through the eyes of early 20C novelists.
Tim McCann
12 OCT 2011
Victorian & Edwardian Seaside Sussex.
Dr. Sue Berry
9 NOV 2011
Towards a history of Halnaker House. Dr. Andrew Foster & Caroline Adams
14 DEC 2011
Lots of Sudden lies. David Wood, actor & playwright
11 JAN 2012
Not quite "Swinging '60s" - Chichester through Stella Palmer's camera lens.
Andrew Berriman
08 FEB 2012
Pills Potions & Patience - Memoirs of a Hove Pharmacist.
Peter Hill
14 MAR 2012
West Sussex settlements lost to the sea.
John Mills, Senior Archaeologist WSCC
11 APR 2012
Members' Evening. Three short talks, all by society members. Subjects to be announced.
09 MAY 2012
From Seedcorn to Popcorn - Chichester Corn Exchange.
Alan Green
13 JUN 2012
18C shipbuilding in Chichester Harbour.
Dr. Ian Friel
17 JUN 2012
Charabanc Outing (details to be announced).
11 & 18 JUL 2012
Summer event, Alan Green's House.
All meetings take place at the New Park Centre, New Park Road Chichester, PO19 7XY
Doors open at 7pm for 7.30 start
Non-members welcome at £2 except for December meeting
Contact: Programme Secretary
01243 784915
agreenzone@aol.com
Chichester Museum
Events Calendar (all): http://www.chichester.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6998
Events museum: http://www.chichester.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=11790
Contact: districtmuseum@chichester.gov.uk
Chichester District Museum
29 Little London
Chichester
PO19 1PB
Telephone: 01243 784683
Chichester Museum Society
Membership: http://www.chichester.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=14034
Events: http://www.chichester.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=16116
Chichester Museum Society
Chichester District Museum
29 Little London
Chichester
PO19 1PB
Fishbourne Roman Palace
Information and events: http://www.sussexpast.co.uk/property/site.php?site_id=11
Roman Army Week
Mon 24th Oct 11 10 00 AM Fri 28th Oct 11 4 00 PM
Roman Way, Road, Fishbourne, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 3QR
General Telephone number: 01243 789829
Email: adminfish@sussexpast.co.uk
FRIENDS OF CHARTRES: Chichester’s French Twinning Association
Events: http://jwoodho2.bamuni.com/Friends%20Of%20Chartres/newevents.php
October 2011
date and venue to be confirmed - "A musical evening with David Nason"
November 2011
11th at 7.30pm at the Basil Shipham Centre, St. Pancras Road, Chichester – third talk in fascinating series by Martyn Bell, now our Chairman, on "French Indo China"
If you are interested in joining, would like to know more or have any queries or suggestions please contact the Membership Secretary:
Ray Brown: info@friendsofchartres.org.uk or telephone 01243 783776
Friends of Ravenna: Chichester-Ravenna (Italy) town twinning association
Events: http://www.chi-ravenna.org.uk/
Mon 26 Sep: Wheels around Italy – Keith Simpson on Fausto Coppi and Michael Foyle on the Simplon Orient Express
12-16 Oct Group Visit to Ravenna (Fully booked)
Thurs 20 Oct: Italy 1940 – The Road to War – Ian Crammond, former Dean of Arts and Humanities, University of Chichester
Sun 30 Oct: ‘The Barber of Seville’ : An afternoon showing of the Glyndebourne film of Rossini’s opera with Maria Ewing and John Rawnsley at New Park Cinema with interval glass of wine.
Wed 16 Nov: Mafia, Camorra and ‘Ndrangheta – John Dickie Writer and Historian, Professor of Italian Studies, University College, London
Fri 9 Dec: Italian Quiz Evening with an Italian-style Buffet supper at St Paul’s Church Hall
Mon 23 Jan: The Eric and Salome Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art – Harry Hare
Sat 28 Jan: The Leonardo Exhibition and private tour of Italian paintings: National Gallery, London
Wed 29 Feb: The Romans in North Africa: an illustrated talk by Christopher Monckton
Wed 28 Mar: Italian astronomy: Pete Lawrence : A regular presenter of BBC’s ‘The Sky at Night’
Thurs 26 April: Italian Cinema: Paola Visconti at the Mitre Theatre, University of Chichester
May: Our Annual Italian Dinner: date and place to be announced
Wed 20 Jun: AGM at St Paul’s Church Hall
Meets in the Assembly Room, Council House, North Street, Chichester PO19 1LQ
Contact: ravennachairman@btinternet.com
GEORGE BELL INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL SERIES
ALL MEETINGS TAKE PLACE AT 4.30PM
tea and coffee available
Wednesday 12 October, Dr. Andrew Chandler (University of Chichester): George Bell and the Cause of Christian Internationalism, 1918-1958.
Wednesday 9 November, Professor Michael Hughes (University of Liverpool):
The Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue before 1917: A Far-Sighted Vision or a Short-Sighted Pipedream?
Wednesday 7 December, Dr. Irina Kukota (Moscow and Oxford), Some new martyrs of the Russian Orthodox Church: Canonization today and Problems of Research
GEORGE BELL HOUSE, CANON LANE, CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
Contact: Email: A.Chandler@chi.ac.uk
Telephone and fax: 0044 123 8600
George Bell Institute
Events Calendar
The Historical Association Chichester branch
Programme: http://www.history.org.uk/resources/he_resource_1488_17.html%20
15 September 2011, 7.30pm
The Life of Emmeline Pankhurst after Partial Enfranchisement for Women was Won, 1918-1928
Professor June Purvis PhD, Professor of Women's & Gender History, University of Portsmouth
20 October 2011, 7.30pm
Writing a Life of King Athelstan, the First King of England
Professor Sarah Foot PhD, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Oxford
17 November 2011, 7.30 pm
Was Czechoslovakia ever a Viable State?
Professor John Konrad Leeds Metropolitan University
8 December 2011, 7 pm
Chichester Branch AGM
Followed by refreshments and short talks from members on historical subjects
21 January 2012, 2.30pm
Servant Life in Elite Households in the 17th & 18th Centuries
Professor Roger Richardson Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
18 February 2012, 2.30pm
Chichester Branch Meeting - To Be Confirmed
15 March 2012, 7.30pm
Thirteenth Annual John Fines Memorial Lecture: The Monstrous Regiment of Women in Tudor and Stuart England
Professor Jackie Eales PhD, Professor, Department of History and American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University and President of the Historical Association 2011-14
19 April 2012, 7.30pm
Chichester Branch Meeting - To Be Confirmed
All meetings are at Friends' Meeting House, Priory Road, Chichester.
Contact: For more information please contact the Hon. Secretary & Treasurer: Tony Dignum, Tel 01243 538585, email tonydignum@gmail.com
The Midhurst Society
Lecture programme: http://www.midhurstsociety.org.uk/2009program.htm
22 September
Bee-keeping in Sussex’
Thursday20 October
Making English Cheese’
Thursday10 November ‘
The Lost Soldier’
Lectures are held at The Memorial Hall, Rother College, North Street, Midhurst, and start at 7.00pm
Anyone wishing to join the Society should contact Mary Massey on 01730 816440
Meetings secretary: Mrs Val Mullany (Tel: 817618)
Contact form: http://www.midhurstsociety.org.uk/oral_history/contact.htm
Otter Gallery University of Chichester
Programme: http://www.chi.ac.uk/ottergallery/programme.cfm
Enquiries: Laura Kidner (Gallery Outreach and exhibitions Officer)
Otter Gallery, University of Chichester, College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 6PE
Tel: +44 (0)1243 816098 Fax: 01243 816080 Email: l.kidner@chi.ac.uk
Pallant House Gallery
Talks: http://www.pallant.org.uk/whats-on/events/talks
September 1st Thu 6:00pm Clifford Charles
8th Thu 6:00pm The Photographs of Juan Rulfo
10th Sat 3:00pm Red Earth: Liminal landscapes
15th Thu 6:00pm Frida Kahlo: The Autobiography of an Artist
22nd Thu 6:00pm The Mexican Muralists and photomontage
28th Wed 11:30am Artwork of the Month Talk: 'Curved Barn' by Ivon Hitchens
29th Thu 6:00pm Ian Collins in conversation with Sir David Attenborough (SOLD OUT)
October 26th Wed 11:30am Artwork of the Month Talk: 'Mae West Dressing Table' by
For information please call 01243 774557.
Pallant House Gallery
9 North Pallant
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1TJ
United Kingdom
info@pallant.org.uk
Sussex Family History Society
Chichester Meeting Centre Programme: http://www.sfhg.org.uk/chichesterprog.html
2011
September 17 West Meads/Chichester Coach trip to The National Archives at Kew
September 28 Dating Photographs + SFHG Database Searches
October 26 Forgotten Heroes
November 30 A Victorian Magic Lantern Show & Optical Effects
Meets monthly on the last Wednesday at 7.30pm in St George's Church Hall, Cleveland Road, Chichester PO19 7AD
Contact: link to email at http://www.sfhg.org.uk/meeting.html#CH
Roy Winchester (01243 787087)
Weald and Downland Museum
Evening talks: http://www.wealddown.co.uk/Other-Courses/Evening-Talks/
• Evening talk: Historical fiction: the past & the imagination. Tuesday 13 September 2011
• Evening talk: Roundwood timber framing. Tuesday 27 September 2011
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
Chichester
PO18 0EU
Adult Learning Department
01243-811931
courses@wealddown.co.uk
West Sussex History of Medicine Society
Programme 2011
(as at 28 July 2011)
Saturday 8th October
1. “Nicholas Culpepper: London’s First General Practitioner” Professor Michael Farthing MD DSc FRCP FMedSci
2. “Victorian General Practice: John Gorman 1814-1899” Dr. John Ford MD FRCGP DHMSA
Saturday 22rd October
1. “The Early Centuries of Paediatrics and Child Health” Professor John Walker-Smith MD BS (Sydney) FRCP(Ed & Lond) FRACP FRCPCH
2. “A Life in Anatomy: Learning, Using and Teaching Anatomy” Professor Harold Ellis CBE MA DM MCh FRCS FACS FRCOG
Saturday 5th November
1. “Of Lowly Status: Women in the Army Medical Services from the Civil War to Afghanistan”
Capt(Retd) Peter Starling MA DHMSA FRHistS
2. “Facial Injuries at QM Hospital Sidcup in WW1” Dr. Andrew Bamji FRCP
Saturday 19th November
1. “The Development of Audiovestibular Medicine” Dr. Peter West MA MSc FRCP FRCS
2. “Skylab(1973-4): Science and Medicine in Space” Professor Mike Whittle BSc MB BS MSc PhD
Saturday 3rd December
1. “Not at the cutting edge: British women in surgery 1873-1939”.
Dr. Jennian Geddes MA FRCPath
2. “Fredyryc-Francois Chopin 1810-1849: Music and Malady” Dr. Winston Leigh BA MB ChB MRCGP
All meetings Saturdays 1000-1200hrs. £5 per session including coffee. Staff and students free. Certificates of attendance for Continuing Professional Development will be provided
For Further details contact Professor John Richardson 01243-780786, or RichardsonDrJ@aol.com
Chichester Medical Education Centre
St. Richard’s Hospital, Spitalfield Lane, Chichester, PO19 4SE
West Sussex Record Office
Events: http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure/explore_west_sussex/record_office_and_archives/events.aspx
Contact:
West Sussex Record Office
3 Orchard Street, Chichester PO19 1DD
Tel: 01243 753602
Email: record.office@westsussex.gov.uk
www.westsussex.gov.uk
West Sussex Archives Society
Acting as a friends organisation and aiming to support the work of the Record Office
Contact WSAS: wsascom@btinternet.com
Website: http://westsussexarchivessociety.webplus.net/index.html
Events: http://westsussexarchivessociety.webplus.net/page3.html