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.