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2021 International Churchill Conference

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Churchill and Freedom

Thank you for joining the 38th International Churchill Conference, taking place here online, live from London.

We are delighted you are able to join us for our first ‘hybrid’ conference, combining physical events in London with main sessions that will be streamed here around the world. 

Highlights of What to Expect

DAY ONE

RAF Club Churchill Bar
  • Celia Sandys (author of Churchill: Wanted Dead or Alive) and Candice Millard (author of Hero of the Empire: The Making of Winston Churchill) will discuss Churchill’s escape from Boer captivity with Lord Boateng (former UK High Commissioner to South Africa and Chairman of the Sir Winston Churchill Archive Trust
  • Katherine Carter (Property Curator at Chartwell), in will moderate a panel with Kate Ballenger (Keeper of Palace and Collections at Blenheim), Dr Rob Havers, (President/ CEO of the American Civil War Museum) and Dr Xavier Bray (Director of the Wallace Collection).
  • Professor James Muller will introduce and discuss his definitive edition of Churchill’s The River War, with contributions from Dr Piers Brendon, Brough Scott and others
  • Historian and television presenter Dan Snow, 'The History Guy' on Making History
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger (actor and former Governor of California) will discuss how Churchill has influenced his life
  • The streamed sessions will end with the presentation of the Churchill Awards, which will be followed by a black-tie optional Gala Dinner for those delegates attending in person

DAY TWO

Pol Roger
  • The Churchill daughters at War – launch of Mary Churchill’s War (the edited diaries of Lady Soames)
  • Live sessions from America’s National Churchill Museum at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri and the National Churchill Leadership Center at George Washington University, DC. 
  • Alliance – scenes from a new play by Giles Cole about Churchill at the White House presented by Julia Holofcener and Graham Pountney. Find out more about the play.
  • The Inaugural Stephen and Jane Poss Distinguished Churchill Lecture: introduced by Mr Stephen Poss. Andrew Roberts will give his talk on ‘Churchill and Russia: Opportunism or Consistency?’
  • Closing Remarks by Randolph Churchill, President of the International Churchill Society and great grandson of Sir Winston

The Inaugural Stephen and Jane Poss Distinguished Churchill Lecture

Professor Andrew Roberts, historian and author Churchill: Walking with Destiny will deliver the inaugural Stephen and Jane Poss Distinguished Churchill Lecture on ‘Churchill and Russia: Opportunism or Consistency?’

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Winston Churchill

All the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: Freedom; Justice; Honour; Duty; Mercy; Hope.

14 May 1947, United Europe Meeting, Albert Hall, London

Winston Churchill Signature

Conference Sponsorship

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Conference Sponsors

We would like to thank each of our Conference Sponsors for their generous support. Lead support of this event is provided through the generosity of LL&P Philanthropies.

Sponsor

Level


Philip Boeckman


Platinum

James & Annabelle Cameron / The Castle Foundation

Platinum

James Drake / Drake Foundation

Platinum

Laurence Geller

Platinum

LL&P Philanthropies

Platinum

Loveday & Co

Platinum

Ron & Eleanor Luke

Platinum

Steve & Liz McGill

Platinum

Jean-Paul & Isabelle Montupet

Platinum

Bob & Regina Muehlhauser

Platinum

Pol Roger

Platinum

Stephen & Jane Poss

Platinum

Lenny Sands

Platinum

Boisdale

Gold

British Bespoke Pens

Gold

Michael Michelson

Gold

Gretchen Kimball

Gold

Hal & Kathy Oakley

Gold

Larry Berlin & Ariana Gammel

Silver

Donald Best

Silver

Bob Kelly

Silver

George & Ellen McKnight

Silver

Jay & Kelly Policastro

Silver

Lee & Jill Pollock

Silver

Live from London

38th International Churchill Conference

7-9 OCTOBER 2021

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Will the conference be Covid safe?

Yes, absolutely. Durning the conference, we will be following all of latest health advice to keep all delegates safe. 

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Winston Churchill

In this island we have today achieved in a high degree the blessings of civilization. There is freedom; there is law; there is love of country…there is a widening prosperity. There are unmeasured opportunities of correcting abuses and making further progress.

2 July 1930, Bristol

Winston Churchill Signature
Mary accompanying her father Winston

Mary accompanying Churchill on the HMS Duke of York, shortly before leaving Britain for the US in December 1941. © Imperial War Museum (H 16478)