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T. E. Lawrence Society Symposium 1992
Jesus College, Oxford, 5-6 September 1992

Organised and chaired by Peter Metcalfe

SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER

First report from the Lowell Thomas archive, Janet Riesman

Member of the History Faculty of the State University of New York, Co-Editor of T. E. Notes.

T. E. Lawrence - a personal view, Jeremy Wilson

Authorised biographer of T. E. Lawrence

A journey through Syria in Lawrence's footsteps, Nicholas Lynch

A Senior Research Officer in the British Civil Service, Nick Lynch previously made a cycle tour following Lawrence's 1908 itinerary through France.

Published in JTELS Vol. II, No. 2, Winter 1992-3 (pp.6-22)

The Mint - illustrated, Wing Commander K. J. Harden, RAF

Head of Administration at RAF Uxbridge.

Published (abridged) in JTELS Vol. II, No. 2, Winter 1992-3 (pp. 44-60)

T. E. Lawrence - the deceit of his detractors, H. St. J. B. Armitage, CBE

St. John Armitage's long and distinguished career in the Middle East included military and diplomatic postings in Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Muscat and Oman, Syria, Lebanon, and the Gulf States.

Published in JTELS Vol. IV, No. 1, Autumn 1994 (pp. 64-75)

SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER

Critic's Forum - 'A dangerous man', Jeremy Wilson and Malcolm Brown

Malcolm Brown, editor of the 1988 collection of Lawrence's letters, and formerly a BBC television producer who worked on two Lawrence documentaries, discussed 'A dangerous man' as television, while Jeremy Wilson, T. E. Lawrence's authorised biographer, discussed it as history.

Malcolm Brown's contribution published in T. E. Notes Vol. IV, No. 9, November 1993 (pp. 1-3)

T. E. Lawrence materials at Oxford, Jeremy Wilson

Jeremy Wilson's interest in the T. E. Lawrence collections at Oxford dates back to 1967, and he has made a significant contribution to the T. E. Lawrence holdings at the Bodleian Library.

Published in JTELS Vol. II, No. 2, Winter 1992-3 (pp. 68-88).

Lawrence's Oxford, a guided tour, Valerie Thompson

Author of Not a suitable hobby for an airman, and Lawrence of Oxford, a city tour in the footsteps of T. E. Lawrence.

Proceedings: Publication, if any, noted above under each paper.