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Speaker: Mr Colin Penman, UCL Special Collections, Thursday 9th February 2017 #ucllhl
Bring your lunch and your curiosity! UCL Lunch Hour Lectures, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Darwin Lecture Theatre, 1.15
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- 1.55pm (term time)
When the plan for a university for London was outlined by the poet Thomas Campbell in a letter to The Times on 9 February 1825, a storm of controversy was unleashed by the ‘establishment’: the church, the ancient universities, and the Tory press. In many ways, this is unsurprising, as the new institution would have no religious tests, would be non-residential, and would teach new scientific subjects, and modern languages not taught elsewhere. UCL is proud of its radical roots. But how accurate is that self-image? To mark UCL’s ‘birthday’, this lecture looks at UCL’s founders, and questions their relationship with England’s establishment.
Free to attend, live stream or watch online
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