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Programme 2020-21
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Johnson Society of London
Programme October 2020 – April 2021
3 October, 4:00 pm (over Zoom)
21 November, 4:00 pm (over Zoom)Johnson: accounting for the self
Dr Philip Jones (Chairman, Johnson Society (Lichfield))
12 DecemberSamuel Johnson on the value of commerce: economics and morality in the context of empire and the slave trade.
Professor Frans De Bruyn (University of Ottawa)
9 January 2021, 4:00 pm (over Zoom)12 noon. The Annual Commemoration at Westminster Abbey, by courtesy of the Dean and Chapter. Details to be advised.
13 February, 4:00 pm (over Zoom)Topham Beauclerk (1739-1780), Dr Johnson’s aristocratic friend
Dr David Noy
13 March, 4:00 pm (over Zoom)Johnson and the Essay
Professor Philip Smallwood
‘Spectating and rambling, uncommercially and idly, all the year round’: Johnson, Dickens and periodical journalism
Dr Tony Williams (Past President, Dickens Fellowship)
20 March, 4:00 (over Zoom)
Annual General Meeting
10 April, 4:00 pm (over Zoom)
The legacy of James Boswell’s travel writing
Dr Julian Griffin (Head of English, Leicester Grammar School)