Week of Events
History Group – An Introduction to Environmental History with Dr D. Chester
History Group – An Introduction to Environmental History with Dr D. Chester
An Introduction to Environmental History with Dr D. Chester 2:30pm in the Reading Room, 27th February 2024 "Although having some precursors in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, environmental history essentially grew out of the conservation movement of the 1960s. It seeks to examine the historic impact of people on the planet and uses not ... Read more
Dinner with Professor Geoff Gill – The Birth & Growth of Tropical Medicine in Liverpool
Dinner with Professor Geoff Gill – The Birth & Growth of Tropical Medicine in Liverpool
We are delighted to be joined by Professor Geoff Gill of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine who will be joining us on Wednesday 28th February for dinner, where he will be giving a talk on ‘The Birth & Growth of Tropical Medicine in Liverpool’. Professor Gill is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Liverpool ... Read more
Library & Archives – How Anne Boleyn helped J.R.R Tolkein to write The Hobbit
Library & Archives – How Anne Boleyn helped J.R.R Tolkein to write The Hobbit
Proprietor Dr Chris O'Neill will be speaking about works that he has discovered in the Athenaeum Library. These meetings are open to all Athenaeum members and supper is available if pre-booked with reception.