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The Reunion- Celebrating Twenty Years of History & Policy

23 May 2022 - 14:30 pm - 18:30 pm

IHR Wolfson Conference Suite, NB01/NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Twenty years since its foundation in 2002, History & Policy welcomes back its founding members, Simon Szreter, Pat Thane, Alastair Reid and Virginia Berridge, as well as the key figures in the subsequent development of the network, including Mel Porter, Lucy Delap, Andrew Blick and Philip Murphy. This event will follow the format of the Radio 4 series ‘The Reunion’, as founding members discuss the aims behind H&P, its achievements over the past two decades and its plans for the future. Over the course of two panel discussions and a drinks reception H&P will examine its past, present and future, and give thanks to the network of members whose contributions and engagement have made it all possible. 

Programme

14:30- Welcome Claire Langhamer (Director of the Institute of Historical Research) & Opening Remarks Sir Anthony Seldon

14:35- Session 1: History & Policy - The idea, its origins, and the launch of the website

ChairPhilip Murphy (Current H&P Director)
SpeakersPat Thane, Simon Szreter, Alastair Reid and Virginia Berridge (Co-Founders).

15:45: Break

16:15- Session 2: Building the institution and its activities

ChairSimon Szreter (Co-Founder and Editorial Director).
SpeakersDuncan Needham, Mel Porter, Lucy Delap, Andrew Blick, Fiona Holland and Chris Williams (Deputy Director and Senior Associates).

17:30- Closing remarks

17:40-18:30- Drinks reception


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14:30 pm - 18:30 pm

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IHR Wolfson Conference Suite, NB01/NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
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We are the only project in the UK providing access to an international network of more than 500 historians with a broad range of expertise. H&P offers a range of resources for historians, policy makers and journalists.

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