Durham historians to give RHS lectures
Professor Ludmilla Jordanova and Dr Jonathan Saha are to give RHS Lectures this autumn
Professor Jordanova's lecture is entitled 'Portraits, Biographies and Public History', and is the 2021 Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture for the Public Understanding of History, given in co-operation with Gresham College. The lecture will explore the link between portraits and biographies in public history. The lecture will take place at the Museum of London on 2 November 2021.
Dr Saha's lecture is entitled 'Accumulations and Cascades: On the Ecological Impact of British Imperialism', and will explore the impact of British colonial rule in Myanmar on frogs and the wider ecology, and the wider implications of that impact. The lecture will take place by Zoom on 24 September 2021.