Lectures

York Georgian Society

Lecture Programme

Winter 2009–10

Saturday 10 October

Use and Ornament: Bath Houses in English Gardens and Parks 1688–1815

Susan Kellerman, Garden History Researcher

Saturday 14 November

Sidney Smith: Regency Radical, Reformer and Wit

Graham Parry, Emeritus Professor of English, University of York

Saturday 12 December (Seventieth Anniversary Lecture)

Early Years of the York Georgian Society: Preservation, Education, Betterment and Design

Dr Katherine Webb, Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York

Saturday 9 January

The British Army of Georgian England

Dr Alistair Massie, Head of the Department of Archives, National Army Museum, London

Saturday 6 February (following the Annual General Meeting)

Edinburgh’s Skating Minister: A Sporting Picture or a Cultural Icon?

Dr Stephen Lloyd, Senior Curator, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Saturday 20 March (following the presentation of the Patrick Nuttgens Award 2010)

‘The Wonder of the North’: The Designed Landscapes of Studley Royal

Mark Newman, Territory Archaeologist North, National Trust

Time and Place

Lectures are at 2.30 pm. Please note the change of venue for 2009–10 to:
The National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret's Church, Walmgate, York.

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All are welcome.
Admission is free for members of the Society,
£5 per lecture for non-members.

Lecture Archive

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Header image credit: York Museums Trust (York Art Gallery)