Events

A Thousand Miracles w/ Theodor Meron

24 Jun 2026 – 14:00 - 15:00
Chalke History Festival

Join Judge Theodor Meron as he discusses his new book, A Thousand Miracles: From Surviving the Holocaust to Judging Genocide, in conversation with journalist Zoe Flood. 

Healthy Scepticism w/ Caitjan Gainty

24 Jun 2026 – 10:45 - 11:15
Chalke History Festival

Do we trust medicine too much… or not enough? Historian Caitjan Gainty invites you to explore the long and often uncomfortable history of questioning healthcare.

Healthy Scepticism w/ Caitjan Gainty

24 Jun 2026 – 11:30 - 12:30 BST
Chalke History Festival

Historian Caitjan Gainty, Gareth Williams, former Dean of Medicine at Bristol University, immunologist Peter Openshaw and Professor Dorian Haskard explore how past societies made sense of epidemics and ask what their experiences can teach us today.

A Family Affair: Understanding Our Ancestors w/ Raphael Cormack & Mary Beard

24 Jun 2026 – 20:00 - 21:00 BST
Chalke History Festival

Chalke are delighted to welcome Mary Beard, Britain’s most celebrated classicist, and her son, award-winning historian and author of Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age, Raphael Cormack for a lively and thought-provoking conversation that explores how historians make sense of lives that can seem strange or distant to modern eyes.

Caste: A Global History w/ Suraj Milind Yengde

26 Jun 2026 – 17:00-19:00 CEST
Universiteit Leiden

Join Suraj Milind Yengde for a unique exploration of caste oppression and caste resistance around the world, from one of India’s leading public intellectuals.

Dan Jackson at The Rest is History Festival

4 Jul 2026 – 13:30 - 14:15 BST
The Rest is History Festival

Join Dan Jackson, author of The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People, in conversation with Tom Holland at The Rest is History Festival. 

Enemy of the State & Full Stack Spies w/ Oliver Price & Ahana Datta Fasel

27 Sep 2026 – 12:30 BST
Hereford Military History Festival

Join Oliver Price and Ahana Datta Fasel at the Hereford Military History Festival to discuss their books, Enemy of the State: Political Surveillance in Twentieth-Century Britain and Full Stack Spies: Cyber Espionage in the Age of US–China Competition.