Past speaking engagements:

 

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
21 Feb 07: Crown and People: who ran Stuart and Tudor London
Organisation: British Library
Contact: Ken Shirreffs - 020 7412 7265
14 Mar 07: Charles II, Winchester and Newmarket: The search for a country seat
Organisation: Winchester City
Contact: Richard Whinney - 01962 848 481
20 Mar 07: Goodbye England! Does anyone out there care?
Organisation: Royal Geographical Society
Contact: Bridget Swithinbank - 020 8742 3355
21 Mar 07: No title as yet
Organisation: Local Government Association
Contact: Cynthia Westley - 020 7664 3080
28 Apr 07: Church and State: an answer to the 'problem' of historic churches?
Organisation: Canbrige Historic Churches Trust
Contact: Anna Collins - 01353 660 660
19 Jul 07: Goodbye England! Does anyone out there care?
Organisation: Stamford Civic Society
Contact: John Plumb - 01780 757 065
14 Sep 07: Archaeology and Artifice: the Office of Works and the fabrication of Medieval History
Organisation: Council for british Archaeology, York
Contact: Dr. Mike Heyworth - 01904 671 417, mikeheyworth@britarch.ac.uk
25 Sep 07: Clone or Own Town? The Future of King's Lynn
Organisation: King's Lynn Preservation Society
Contact: Edward Glover, King's Lynn Preservation Trust
30 Oct 07: History on the hoof
Organisation: Blue Badge Guild of Town Guides, King's Lynn
31 Oct 07: The fabrication of medieval history: archaeology and artifice at the Office of Works
Organisation: Royal Historical Society
Contact: Sue Carr - 020 7387 7532