Our monthly lectures are normally on the last Wednesday of the month at 6.00pm in the Lecture Theatre of the Mining Institute, Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. The meeting on 24 November is our annual Public Lecture and will be in the Curtis Auditorium at the University of Newcastle. Meetings are open to all members, and non-members are also welcome provided they are signed in by a member.
27 Jan Grace McCombie, The Pevsner City Guide to Newcastle and Gateshead
This is the Anniversary meeting. There will be a reception for members in the Mining Institute afterwards
24 Feb Dr Tony Barrow, Patronage, Politics and Promotion: The social context of Admiral Collingwood
31Mar Dr Rachel Pope, Prehistoric Houses and Households: recent work in northern Britain
28 Apr The Annual General Meeting, Professor David Graham and Dr Myra Giesen,
Bridging Heritage and Science: assessing and managing ancient stone monuments in the countryside
26 May Joint Meeting with the North East Ancient Egypt Society, Dr Penny Wilson
The Royal Tombs of Egypt’s Delta Note; change of speaker from printed card. Because of the timing of fieldwork in Egypt, Penny Wilson cannot make the July date we had fixed. Richard Pears very kindly agreed to swap his date with Penny, which gives us a simple solution to the problem.
30 June Dr Stephen Ashby, Bone and Antler Combs in Britain and Scandinavia
28 July Richard Pears, Patronage and Palladianism: the career of William Newton. See above re change of speaker
25 Aug John Sadler, Kinder Transport to the North East
29 Sept Christopher Ferguson, Early Medieval Bernicia: the rise and fall of a coastal society
27 Oct Dr Suzie Thomas, Community Archaeology in Britain and the North East
25 Nov Inaugural Public Lecture; Professor Ian Haynes, Blood of the Provinces: The Roman Auxilia and the creation of imperial society
Venue: The Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, University of Newcastle