| Future speaking engagements: |
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| The Built Environment Lectures: | |
| Simon Thurley is the Visiting Gresham Professor of the Built Environment www.gresham.ac.uk |
| 22 Oct 09: The birth of Heritage and the fabrication of History. | |
| Topic: | This lecture will examine how heritage protection began and went on to shape our attitudes to our history and the past. [more information] |
| Time: | 6:00pm at the Museum of London |
| 10 Dec 09: From Bust to Boom: The politics of Heritage 1997 to 2009 | |
| Topic: | The politics of heritage and preservation over the last ten years, with special reference to London. [more information] |
| Time: | 6:00pm at the Museum of London |
| 11 Feb 10: The politics of architecture in Tudor and Stuart London. | |
| Topic: | How the Tudor and Stuart monarchs used the buildings of London to boost their power and influence. [more information] |
| Time: | 6:00pm at the Museum of London |
| 11 Mar 10: Town and Crown: Why London never became an imperial capital. | |
| Topic: | How London developed differently from other great capitals of Europe, thanks to our constitutional monarchy. [more information] |
| Time: | 6:00pm at the Museum of London |