7 October 2021

Thursday 7 Oct to Saturday 9 Oct 2021

38th International Churchill Conference

CHURCHILL AND FREEDOM

London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square

With very special guest Arnold Schwarzenegger 38th Governor of California

Broadcast Live From London

The 38th International Churchill Conference will be our first hybrid virtual and in-person conference, taking place online and live in London.

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We are delighted to announce our first ‘hybrid’ conference that will be combining physical events in London with main sessions that will be streamed around the world. 

The conference will start with an exclusive drinks reception at the RAF Club on the evening of Thursday 7 October. Members of the Churchill family will be in attendance to welcome delegates to London.

The reception at the RAF Club will only be available to those attending in person and will not be broadcast.

Conference Highlights

• 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
• 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
• 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.

• Live sessions from America’s National Churchill Museum at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri and the National Churchill Leadership Center at George Washington University, DC. Participants will look at Churchill’s role in the events of 1921, and their impact on freedom in Ireland and the Middle East
• The day will end with a buffet dinner and Pol Roger drinks reception for VIP conference package buyers.