NAHRG Lecture Programme

NAHRG Lecture Programme 2024/25

Meetings take place in the Thomas Paine Lecture Theatre at the UEA at 2.30 pm
(except for December, when we meet jointly with the NNAS at 2.15 in Norwich Castle).
There is a hearing loop in the lecture theatre. Refreshments will be available afterwards.
Non-members are welcome to try one or two lectures before joining. Directions are below.

2024

October 19 
Tiles, Towers and Trenches: Excavations at Court Knoll (Suffolk)
Joanna Caruth (Principal Post Excavation Manager, Cotswold Archaeology)

November 16
Of National Importance: Investigating the English Civil War Defences of King’s Lynn
David Flintham (Military Historian)

December 7
NB 2.15 start. Joint meeting with the NNAS in Norwich Castle (also on Zoom)  
Exploring the Religious Lives of Medieval People Through Norfolk Archaeological Finds
Michael Lewis (British Museum)

December 14
In the Fields in Frost and Snow : Christmas and New Year in the 16th & 17th Centuries
A musical presentation by Hexachordia (an early music trio), followed by a festive social

2025

January 18
The Man Who Dragged Norwich into the 20th Century : Arthur Collins, City Engineer
Matthew Williams (Freelance Writer, Researcher and Chartered Geologist)

February 22
It’s All Too Beautiful : Mod Youth Culture in Norwich and Norfolk
Philip Woods (UEA Modern History PhD Mature Student)	

March 15
Breckland’s Earth Heritage
Tim Holt Wilson (Freelance Geologist)

April 26   AGM followed by lecture
Norfolk’s Deep History Coast     
John Davies (retired Chief Curator, Norwich Castle Museum)

July 26   Norfolk Landscape History Conference
A day of presentations in honour of the local landscape historian Tom Williamson


The Thomas Paine Centre is on the right towards the end of Chancellor's Drive from the Security Lodge.
It is signed as such over the side entrance but the main entrance is styled ‘Norwich Business School’.
There is a convenient bus stop very close to the Thomas Paine Centre/Norwich Business School block. 
The West Car Park is right beside and is open on a pay-and-display basis at weekends (£1.00 flat fee). 
The entrance to it is on the right off Chancellor’s Drive, just after the bus shelters (ignore the ‘staff only’ sign).
The Thomas Paine Centre is marked 52 on the maps around the site. The West Car Park is marked as P3.
A downloadable version of the campus map is available on request.