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August 2018
London Group event: Visit to Lawrence sites in Dorset
Saturday August 18th (& possibly Sunday 19th), London Group event (all welcome). Visit to Lawrence sites in Dorset & teaming up with the Dorset group. Diarise now – details to follow. Contact Nick Lynch on [email protected]
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T E Lawrence Society Symposium 2018
Join us for the 15th Symposium of the T. E. Lawrence Society St John's College, Oxford Friday 21 to Sunday 23 September 2018 Commemorating the end of the Arab Revolt with the taking of Damascus in 1918 The Symposium is the most important event organised by the T. E. Lawrence Society. Held every two years, the Symposium offers a chance to meet fellow enthusiasts from around the world and to enjoy lectures covering diverse aspects of Lawrence's life, in…
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December 2018
Lecture: Lawrence of Arabia: Romantic, Orientalist, and Western Cultural Artefact
T E Lawrence played a central role in the outcome of the First World War in the Middle East. His own testimony in his famous war memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom has now been ground-truthed by a ten-year archaeological field project. This provides a firmer base for examining his character, achievements, celebrity status, and endless cultural reconfiguration over the last century. These matters remain highly problematic, since Lawrence himself was both a Romantic and an Orientalist, and the many biographers, dramatists, and…
Find out more »February 2019
Memories from the Front Line
Memoirs the Great War from Britain, France and Germany In the years following the Great War of 1914-18 numerous memoirs of the war were published in Britain, France and Germany, some becoming bestsellers. This talk by Jerry Palmer explores some of the most significant, such as Blunden's Undertones of War, Barbusse’s Under Fire and Jünger’s Storm of Steel and how they contributed to the collective memory and opinion of the war. The talk looks at the texts as autobiography and…
Find out more »March 2019
North West England Group visit to Staffordshire
T E LAWRENCE SOCIETY – ‘NORTH WEST GROUP’ DAY IN STAFFORDSHIRE – FRIDAY 22nd MARCH 2019 SCHEDULE Visit to RAF Stafford/ Beacon Barracks for an appointment at 10:00 am to see the ‘RAF Museum Reserve Collection’. We will be able to see Lawrence’s gramophone record collection and get a general overview of the ‘Reserve Collection’ which serves the RAF Museums at Hendon and Cosford. One of our members who is attending has an extensive knowledge of the record collection. …
Find out more »May 2019
London Group visit to Liddell Hart Archive
The Liddell Hart archive houses many papers and photos related to Liddell Hart and Lawrence. It is housed at Kings College in London.
Find out more »Lawrence’s air accident of 1919 in Rome
This year marks 100 years since Lawrence's air accident in Rome, where the pilots Prince and Spratt died - A commemoration will be held at the Protestant Cemetery, in Rome on Friday 17 May at 11.00 am local time. More information from Amanda Thursfield, director of the cemetery = [email protected] and from Nicholas Stanley Price = [email protected]
Find out more »Society Lawrence Collection on show
The Society Lawrence collection of books and documents will be on show at Wareham Library on Saturday 18th May between 09.30 am and 12.00 pm. This collection was moved to Wareham Library some years back for safe keeping following a requirement to move from Oxford Library.
Find out more »Anniversary of Lawrence’s death
There will be the usual small ceremony at Lawrence's graveside in Moreton, with flowers and a reading. All are welcome and it is likely there will be some Brough's present also.
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