News from the Society
- Great Britain and the UN Committee of 24May 16, 2012Op-Ed Columnist Helene von Bismarck reflects on the UN Committee of 24 and the role it played in the process of decolonization.
- Musical horrors: Eurovision, The Proms, and popular forgettingMay 14, 2012Op-Ed Columnist Michael Talbot takes on the subject of why people selectively remember the past; choosing to forget or gloss over the awful bits in a country's history.
Events
- The British Scholar Society’s Britain and the World Conference 21-23 June 2012 University of Edinburgh: This event is hosted by the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology and the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies.
- Lecture Series: Hew Strachan Thursday, 10 May 2012, 16:00-18:00, Humboldt University, Berlin: ‘Sea power vs land power: the geopolitics of Germany’s defeat in the First World War’.