Programme 2009-2010
Unless otherwise indicated meetings commence at 2.30 pm.
10 October 2009
Johnson and the art of human happiness: the case of ‘Rasselas’
Dr Thomas Woodman (University of Reading)
21 November 2009
Emma, Mr Elton and Johnson’s varlet poet
David Selwyn
12 December 2009
12.00. The Annual Commemoration at Westminster Abbey.
A wreath will be laid on Dr Johnson's grave by Professor Sir Christopher Ricks
12.45 for 1.00 pm at St Ermin’s Hotel: the Society's annual lunch.
3.00 pm, St Ermin’s Hotel
‘Sound and sense’ (the Richard Thrale Memorial Lecture)
Professor Sir Christopher Ricks
Please use this booking form to secure your place. Note that reservations must be made by 21 November.
9 January 2010
Lichfield to London revisited, 2009: Johnson and Garrick’s tercentenary walk
Dr Nicholas Cambridge (Chairman, Johnson Society of London)
13 February 2010
Johnson, Garrick, the theatre and plays
Ian Redford
13 March 2010
Through the keyhole: a peek at criminal conversation in the eighteenth century
Hallie Rubenhold
17 April 2010
Female collaboration and ‘The Rambler’
Clare Barlow (King’s College, London)
Except in December, meetings take place at Wesley's Chapel, 49 City Road, London, EC1 (between Moorgate and Old Street (Exit 4) underground stations). For a map and detailed directions, click here.
