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… Browser does not support script.
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… Browser does not support script.
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… Browser does not support script.
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 –… Browser does not support script.
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. Browser does not support script.
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… Browser does not support script.
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… Browser does not support script.
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. Browser does not support script.
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. Browser does not support script.