2020 VIRTUAL CHURCHILL CONFERENCE
37th International Churchill Conference
Churchill in Adversity
this ONLINE conference is free of charge*
23 and 24 OCTOBER 2020
Broadcast Live From Churchill College, Cambridge
*Registration is Required
Conference Start Times
2:00 PM London (BST)
9:00 AM Washington/Toronto (EST)
6:00 AM Los Angeles/Vancouver (PST)
An invitation from Randolph Churchill, great-grandson of Sir Winston Churchill.
This conference seeks to explore leadership in times of adversity. We will mark the sacrifices of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, 80 years on, and celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
KEYNOTE speakers
Sir John Major
Sir John Major KG CH served as British Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997.
Lord Hague
Baron Hague of Richmond PC FRSL served as Foreign Secretary from 2010-2014.
Jonathan Dimbleby
Jonathan Dimbleby is a British historian, biographer and broadcaster.
Featured speakers
Katherine Carter
Collections and House Manager at Chartwell, the home of Sir Winston Churchill.
Laurence Geller CBE
Laurence Geller is chairman of the International Churchill Society and Geller Capital.
Allen Packwood OBE
Packwood is a Fellow of Churchill College and the Director of the Churchill Archives Centre.
Paul Rafferty
Paul Rafferty is author of Winston Churchill: Painting on the French Riviera.
Professor David Reynolds
Emeritus Professor of International History at Cambridge University.
Celia Sandys
Celia Sandys is the author of five books on the life of her grandfather Winston Churchill.
Randolph Churchill
Mr Churchill is a trustee of the ICS and and Great Grandson of Winston Churchill.
Dr. Karin von Hippel
The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) is an independent defence policy think tank.
Rear Adm Dr. Chris Parry
Former Royal Navy officer who now runs a own strategic forecasting company.
Justin Reash
Executive Director of ICS and the Program Director of he National Churchill Library and Center.
Timothy Riley
Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and Chief Curator at the National Churchill Museum.
Lady Williams
Lady Williams of Elvel, as Jane Portal served as a secretary to Churchill from 1949 to 1955.
Lord Dobbs
British Conservative politician and author, best known for his House of Cards trilogy.
Catherine Grace Katz
Author of Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans, and student of Law.
Barry Phipps
Curator of Art and Science, Newton Institute; Director, History of Art, Churchill College
Mitchell Reiss
Former diplomat and Distinguished Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
Professor Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts is a British historian, author, journalist and broadcaster.
This conference has been GENEROUSLY sponsored by
Dr Ron and Eleanor Luke
Jean-Paul & Isabelle Montupet
Gretchen B Kimball
We would like to thank our generous sponsors which is allowing us to bring this conference to you online–entirely for free*.
*Registration is required.
we would also like to thank our event partners
Royal United Services Institute, London
America's National Churchill Museum
National Churchill Library
and Center
Join Us Online from London for the 2020 Virtual
37th International Churchill Conference
23 - 24 OCTOBER 2020
Portrait of Winston Churchill at the RAF Club bar, London
FRIDAY
23rd OCTOBER
Conference sessions will begin at 2:00 PM London (BST) and run though until 5:30 PM. During the day distinguished speakers will include Sir John Major and Lord Hague in a conversation moderated by veteran broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby. During the day distinguished speakers will include Admiral Chris Parry, Karen von Hippel and Catherine Katz.
Churchill's favourite Champagne Pol Roger
Saturday
24th OCTOBER
Conference sessions will begin at 2:00 PM London (BST) and run though until 6:30 PM.
More details coming soon.
We hope that you will be able to join us for this special online event live from London.
#Churchill2020
Chartwell, in the Kent countryside
Churchill War Rooms, London
Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge
Imperial War Museum, London
EXCLUSIVE LOCATION INTERVIEWS
During the conference we will bring you exclusive behind the scenes interviews from historic sites around London.
Further conference details, speaker profiles and updates will be announced in Finest Hour, Churchill Bulletin and here on our conference page.
Join Us from London for the 2020 Virtual
37th International Churchill Conference
23 - 24 OCTOBER 2020
Winston Churchill
The Life of Churchill
Sir Winston S Churchill
Winston Churchill was born at the family's ancestral home, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, on 30 November 1874, he was a British politician, army officer, and writer. He was the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as a Member of Parliament (MP). In his lifetime Churchill published more than forty books in sixty volumes, as well as hundreds of articles. In 1953 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his contribution to the written and spoken word.
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