In-Person Only: Collections Focus - From Parliamentary Crisis to Civil War
Free
Tuesday, 7 July 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Isabelle Chevallot
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
History talks in London
60 upcoming History talks, debates, and seminars
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Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Four dimensions of presidential leadership in South Africa: From Mandela to Ramaphosa
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 12:00
SOAS, University of London / B204 (second floor, SOAS Gallery Building)Frida: The Making of an Icon: Exhibition Talk
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 13:00
Tate ModernChristopher Wren & the City Churches
FreeWednesday, 8 July 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall LibraryFane presents An Evening with Jenson Button
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 20:00
Speaker: Jenson Button
Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Thursday, 9 July 2026
In-Person - History and Treasures of Guildhall Library
FreeThursday, 9 July 2026 at 18:00
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HHPanel discussion: Reporting Russia
Thursday, 9 July 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Allan Little, Olga Ivshina, Grigor Atanesian, Gabriel Gatehouse, Jenny Norton
Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
Friday, 10 July 2026
James McNeill Whistler: Exhibition Talk
Friday, 10 July 2026 at 13:00
Tate BritainKaty Hessel Talk: Iconic Female Artists
Friday, 10 July 2026 at 18:30
Tate ModernWhat Makes a Masterpiece? Lachlan Goudie & Simon Schama
Friday, 10 July 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Lachlan Goudie, Simon Schama
Conway Hall, Main Hall (ground floor)Listening session: Album Art Analysis
Friday, 10 July 2026 at 20:30
Listening session: Album Art Analysis
Friday, 10 July 2026 at 20:30
Speaker: Imani Thomas (Saige Sounds), Lynnée Denise
Barbican Centre, Art Gallery, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
Saturday, 11 July 2026
Monday, 13 July 2026
British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026: Space and Place in Jewish Studies
Monday, 13 July 2026 at 09:00
Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street, Birkbeck, University of LondonThe real science of psychoanalysis
Monday, 13 July 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Mark Solms
Royal Institution, London
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Jeremy Bentham, The London University (a.k.a. UCL), and other stories
FreeThursday, 16 July 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Philip Schofield
In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan
Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 18:00
Russell Square: College Buildings / Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT) and OnlineThe Brexit effect: 2016 – 2026
Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Anthony Seldon, Steve Baker, Anand Menon, Madeleine Sumption, Tony Travers
London School of Economics
Friday, 17 July 2026
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Thursday, 6 August 2026
London’s Traditional Customs and Ceremonies
FreeThursday, 6 August 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Robert Stephenson, City of London Guide
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HHNicola Sturgeon on Power, Politics and the Future of Britain
Thursday, 6 August 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Nicola Sturgeon
Conway Hall
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
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Friday, 4 September 2026
Saturday, 5 September 2026
A coffee with Jennifer Higgie
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 11:00
Speaker: Jennifer Higgie, Margarita Gluzberg
John Madejski Fine Rooms | Burlington HouseEmpire: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: William Dalrymple, Anita Anand
Queen Elizabeth HallThe Rest Is History: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 16:00
Royal Festival HallTeam America: World Police?
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 16:00
Speaker: Anthony Scaramucci, David McCloskey
Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre
Sunday, 6 September 2026
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