Wellington Congress 2010, 8–11 July 2010
The University of Southampton and the British Commission for Military History are holding the Fourth International Wellington Congress at Southampton in July 2010.
The University's Hartley Library Special Collections is the home of the first Duke's archive, as well as other extensive collections relating to British political, military, official and diplomatic history in the first half of the nineteenth century. This Wellington Congress focuses particularly on the wars in the peninsula and aims to promote and encourage scholarly work on all aspects of Wellington's career. The Congress will include formal presentations of academic papers, a private view of the exhbition of Wellington archives in the Special Collections Gallery, an evening of musical entertainment of songs from the period, a Congress dinner and visits to Stratfield Saye and to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Booking opened on 1 January 2010. All bookings should be received by noon on 22 June. Forms should be returned to:
Wellington 2010
Archives and Manuscripts
Hartley Library
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
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