All lectures except 15th December are at The Olney Centre and via Zoom, 10.00 am to 12.00 noon with a refreshment break mid-way.
Lectures on 1st Tuesday of each month will have a remote lecturer presented via zoom on the screen at The Olney Centre.
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1st September
Fragments: The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Attributing Archaeological Relics
Dr Jonathan Foyle, Architectural Historian; artist; writer; TV and radio presenter. Remote lecturer.
15th September
Lady Jane Grey’s House
Peter Liddle MBE, lecturer; former Archaeologist for Leicester and Rutland.
6th October
The Late Great Manor House at Kingston Lacy, Dorset
Dr Martin Papworth, former Archaeologist for the National Trust in SW England. Remote lecturer.
20th October
Major Road Works, Major Problems, Major Archaeological Excavations: Early days of digging in the Nene Valley in the 1950s and 1960s
Prof Stephen Upex, Archaeologist, University of Cambridge, author, lecturer.
3rd November
The Vikings, their Impact and Legacy
Prof David Griffiths, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Director of Research. Remote lecturer.
17th November
Where to keep your crops dry in the Fens: An Iron Age harvest festival at Thorney, Peterborough and Roads and Religion: a sacred site on the Fosse Way near Leicester
David Ingham, Archaeologist; Project Manager with Albion Archaeology..
1st December
The Melsonby hoards: Chariots and Power in Iron Age Britain
Prof Tom Moore, Dept of Archaeology, University of Durham; Director of Research. Remote lecturer.
15th December
At the Carlton House Club
The Return of Light: Midwinter Solstice at Stonehenge
Prof David Jacques, Archaeologist, University of Buckingham; research in the Stonehenge area.
Followed by optional lunch.
Not available via Zoom.
5th January
The Collapse of the Incas
Dr Nicholas James, Director of Studies in Human Anthropology, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. Remote lecturer.
19th January
Boudica
Paddy Lambert, Project Manager, Oxford Archaeology East.
2nd February
The Lankhills Romano-British Cemetery, Winchester: a re-assessment and new discoveries
Dr Katie White, Visiting Fellow in Osteoarchaeology; Lead Archaeologist. Remote lecturer.
16th February
Brute Force and Ingenuity: Some Megalithic Triumphs and Failures
Dr Mike Meade, Former Dean of Faculty of Technology, the Open University; local speaker.
2nd March
Roads and Ruins: Adventures in the Archaeology of Rome
Oliver Gilkes, Archaeologist; researcher specialising in the United Kingdom and Mediterranean; tour leader. Remote lecturer.
16th March
Draining the Fens, 1604-1853: Triumph or Social Disaster?
Keith Grimwade, past President of the Geographical Association; researcher in the history of the lower Ouse valley.
6th April
Arthur’s Stone, Herefordshire: Recent Developments
Prof Julian Thomas, University of Manchester, specialising in Neolithic and Bronze Age. Remote lecturer.
20th April
Athelstan, The First King of England
Prof David Woodman, University of Cambridge, Senior Tutor, Robinson College, specialising in Early Medieval History.
4th May
Cromwell’s Navy: The Naval Revolution 1640-80
Stuart Orme, Historian; Curator at The Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon. Remote lecturer.
18th May
Women in the First World War and Trench Humour
Stephen Barker, local historian; lecturer; tour guide.
1st June
AGM
followed by:
Walled Gardens, Glasshouses, Conservatories and Ice Houses
Dr Paul Stamper, Archaeologist, former Senior Adviser to English Heritage.
Membership £45 for the year; £4 for visitors to the Olney Centre.
Please pay membership before 23rd August to ensure receipt of the Zoom invitation to first lecture on September 1st. For payment details, please contact Monica Stainton
monica.stainton@btinternet.com
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