One book initiative and John Rule Lecture

As part of the empire-themed activities surrounding the One Book initiative, the Centre combined with the Southampton Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies to invite Professor Catherine Hall to give the annual John Rule memorial lecture. Her talk, ‘Whose Memories? Stories Slaveholders Told’, took place on 25 February 2015 and was hosted by Tom Irvine of SCECS and introduced and chaired by Christer Petley, representing CIPCS. The event was very well attended, filling Lecture Theatre B (capacity 143), and attracting many members of the public.