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British Statecraft Book Talk
17 Sep

Book Talk: 'British Statecraft and the Baltic Sea Region: A Documentary History' with Dr Hugo Bromley and Prof Brendan Simms

17 September 2026, 17:00 to 18:15

British Statecraft and the Baltic Sea Region is a study of how the British state understood and…

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24 Sep

Shipping on the Road to Net Zero: Lessons from Maritime History

24 September 2026, 17:00 to 20:00

The presentation emphasises five lessons from maritime history that are particularly relevant to…

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8 Oct

Prize Money in Nelson’s Navy

8 October 2026, 17:00 to 20:00

How did an ‘ancient custom’ seemingly rooted in ‘plunder and pillage’ evolve to meet the needs of…

Peace Makers book talk
15 Oct

Book Talk: 'Peace Makers: Shaping the modern world - the men and women of the Foreign Office in WWII' by Lord Peter Ricketts

15 October 2026, 17:30 to 18:45

Discover the untold story of the British diplomats who shaped WWII – and the peace that followed –…

We Shall Outlast them book talk
20 Oct

Book Talk: 'We Shall Outlast Them: Putin's Global Campaign to Defeat the West' with Dr Hanna Notte

20 October 2026, 13:00 to 14:15

The chilling and revelatory story of how Russia’s confrontation with the West went global.

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22 Oct

The Naval War in the Baltic, 1914-1915

22 October 2026, 17:00 to 20:00

The lessons that emerge from the way in which a weaker fleet was able to overcome a larger one…

Minutes of Empire  Book Talk
27 Oct

Book Talk: 'Minutes of Empire Dutch West India Company Politics, 1618–1648' with Prof Alexander B. Bick

27 October 2026, 17:00 to 18:15

In September 1645, when the directors of the West India Company gathered for their semi-annual board…

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5 Nov

More than Venice's Successor: Rethinking the Austrian Navy in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

5 November 2026, 17:00 to 20:00

This paper argues that such a view captures only the transfer of ships, ports, and personnel.

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19 Nov

The Improbable Austro-Japanese War

19 November 2026, 17:00 to 20:00

The paper will look at how Japan became active in two maritime theatres in World War One.