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| 2023 | |
| 13 Sep | AGM & Lecture – Rescuing Zeugma from the floodwaters of the Euphrates |
| 27 Sep | Study Day – William Hogarth: materials and morals |
| 11 Oct | Lecture – The Valois dukes of Burgundy: dazzling and dastardly |
| 31 Oct | Visit: “Becoming” exhibition – talk and guided visit, Oxford (3pm) |
| 7,9 & 10 Nov | Walk: Old Headington (11am & 2pm) |
| 8 Nov | Lecture – Tamara de Lempicka: Art Deco diva |
| 1 Dec | Visit: Oxford Printworkers’ Co-operative Exhibition – talk and demonstration, Oxford (11:30) |
| 4,5 & 8 Dec | Walk: Oxford city centre – statues and carvings (11am) |
| 6 Dec | Virtual tour: Mussolini and Rome: il ventennio fascista (7pm) |
| 13 Dec | Lecture – Entertaining angels unawares: angels in the Bible, music and art |
| 2024 | |
| 9 Jan | Study Day – Sicilian splendours, Rome and Africa |
| 10 Jan | Lecture – George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham: the handsomest man in 17th Century Europe and his patronage of the arts |
| 23 Jan & 6 Feb | Visit: The Art of Duncan Grant at St Peter’s College: a viewing of the JWM Collection, led by the college archivist, Oxford (11am) |
| 14 Feb | Lecture – Renaissance marriage and mythology |
| 8 Mar | Walk: Oxford and the Civil War (2pm) |
| 11 Mar | Walk: Oxford and the Civil War (10:30am) |
| 12 Mar | Visit: “The Lonely Londoners” – Jermyn Street Theatre matinee, London (3pm) |
| 13 Mar | Lecture – Cultural experiments in the Weimar Republic |
| 8 Apr | Visit: Liminal Light Temporal Space exhibition – talk, Oxford (2pm) |
| 10 Apr | Lecture – Art in miniature: illuminated Books of Hours in the late Middle Ages |
| 23 Apr | Visit: guided tour [by coach] of John Piper churches in Oxfordshire (all day) |
| 3 May | Study Day – Tragedy and Triumph: The Story of Polar Exploration |
| 8 May | Lecture – The men who made menswear |
| 13-17 May | Residential visit: guided visits [by coach] across Northumbria, including Angel of the North, Baltic Art Centre |
| 12 Jun | Lecture – The divine sunflower in art and culture |
| 18 Sep | AGM & Lecture – Jewel in the Crown: the Sainte Chapelle in Paris |
| 25 Sep | Study Day – details tbc |