Saturday 11th January 2014 at Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Provisional Programme
10.00 - 11.35 SESSION 1: MID-SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY REVOLUTIONS
COFFEE
11.55 - 1.00 SESSION 2: ERASMIANISM AND ECUMENICALISM
BUFFET LUNCH IN CORPUS
2.00 - 3.55 SESSION 3: THE SECOND WORLD WAR
TEA
4.15 - 4.50 SESSION 4: THE PROSE
John Banville, ‘Trevor-Roper as Prose Stylist’
4.50 - 5.25 SESSION 5: CONCLUDING DISCUSSION
5.30 - 7.15 RECEPTION IN ORIEL COLLEGE OXFORD
- Sir John Elliott, ‘Trevor-Roper and “The General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century”’
- Blair Worden, ‘The Unpublished Book: The Puritan Revolution’
- Mark Greengrass, ‘“Three Foreigners: The Philosophers of the Puritan Revolution”’
COFFEE
11.55 - 1.00 SESSION 2: ERASMIANISM AND ECUMENICALISM
- Peter N. Miller, ‘Trevor-Roper and the Erasmian Tradition’
- Noel Malcolm, ‘Another Unpublished Book: “The Ecumenical Movement and the Church of England, 1598-1618”’
BUFFET LUNCH IN CORPUS
2.00 - 3.55 SESSION 3: THE SECOND WORLD WAR
- Richard Overy, ‘The Last Days of Hitler’
- Sir Michael Howard, ‘Trevor-Roper and Wartime Intelligence’
- Eberhard Jäckel, ‘Trevor-Roper and Hitler’
- Gina Thomas, ‘Trevor-Roper and Himmler’s Masseur’
TEA
4.15 - 4.50 SESSION 4: THE PROSE
John Banville, ‘Trevor-Roper as Prose Stylist’
4.50 - 5.25 SESSION 5: CONCLUDING DISCUSSION
5.30 - 7.15 RECEPTION IN ORIEL COLLEGE OXFORD
To celebrate the centenary, and to mark the publication of ONE HUNDRED LETTERS FROM HUGH TREVOR-ROPER, a selection of his letters to a variety of correspondents written between 1943 and 2001. The book is edited by Richard Davenport-Hines and Adam Sisman and will be published by Oxford University Press. All who have attended part or all of the conference will be welcome at the reception.
ARRANGEMENTS
The papers and discussions are open to all, and those who come to them are welcome to do so for either all or part of the proceedings. There is no charge for attendance or for lunch or refreshments, but those wishing to attend will need to give notice.. Space is limited and places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.(A final closing date in December for any remaining spaces will be announced nearer the time.) Those wishing to attend should email Blair Worden, who will be happy to answer questions.
ARRANGEMENTS
The papers and discussions are open to all, and those who come to them are welcome to do so for either all or part of the proceedings. There is no charge for attendance or for lunch or refreshments, but those wishing to attend will need to give notice.. Space is limited and places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.(A final closing date in December for any remaining spaces will be announced nearer the time.) Those wishing to attend should email Blair Worden, who will be happy to answer questions.
Please whether you will:
1. join the group for lunch
2. attend the reception
3. state which sessions you plan to attend
In the autumn of 2014 a series of Dacre Centenary Lectures will be held, in association with the Oxford History Faculty, in the Examination Schools, Oxford, on Fridays at 5 p.m., provisionally under the title ‘IDEAS AND SOCIETY c. 1600-1800’.
The speakers will be Anthony Grafton, Michael Hunter, Jonathan Israel, Colin Kidd, Noel Malcolm, David Wormersley and Brian Young
