The Society’s autumn lecture programme offers talks by leading historians working in British, European and world history. The autumn programme began on Friday 25 September and runs to 8 December 2026.
We have recently hosted our first two lectures: ‘In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act’, by Glen O’Hara (which is available watch again here), and ‘Visualizing Difference: Amelia Newsham and the Art of Race-Making’, by Meleisa Ono-George.
Booking is now available for the remaining four lectures in our autumn season, with events open to all. We look forward to welcoming you in person or online for one or more of these events.
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Sathnam Sanghera: ‘What History is NOT’ – the Society’s 2026 Public History Lecture, held in association with Gresham College London, at 6pm, Tuesday 3 November 2026 (in person at Gresham College, London, and online. In person attendance is now fully booked, but online is available.
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Professor Hanna Diamond (Cardiff University): ‘From Cabaret Star to Gaullist Spy: Josephine Baker’s Secret War’ – the Society’s 2026 Anniversary Lecture at 6pm, Friday 27 November 2026. Booking for this lecture is now available in-person at the Institute of Historical Research, London and for online attendance.
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Professor Amy Froide (University of Maryland, Baltimore County): ‘The Charitable Corporation Scandal of 1732 and the Female Shareholders who stood up to Financial Fraud’ – the Society’s annual International Fellows’ Lecture, at 4pm Friday 4 December 2026 (NB: online only).
Amy’s lecture recommences the Society’s International Fellows’ lecture programme, with an opportunity to hear about the latest research of an RHS Fellow working outside the UK. This year’s lecture will be co-hosted with the Economic History Society to mark the centenary of its foundation (July 1926).
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Professor Martin Thomas (University of Exeter): ‘A World Remade by Decolonisation?’, on Tuesday 8 December 2026 and part of the Society’s visit to historians at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Booking for in-person and online attendance is now open.
For a full list of our remaining events in 2026, please see here.
Many of our lectures are also recorded, with videos and audio versions available here.
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