CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Friday, November 9

6–8:30 pm Opening Reception at the Governor’s Palace with welcoming remarks by Churchill granddaughter Emma Soames and International Churchill Society President Randolph Churchill

9–1 0 pm  Candlelight Tour of the Capitol

2025 International Churchill Conference

Join us for the 42nd International Churchill Conference. Washington, DC | October 9-11, 2025

2025 International Churchill Conference

Saturday, November 10

9 am  Opening remarks by Michael F. Bishop

9:30–10:15  Allen Packwood, “How Churchill Waged War” with introduction by Minnie Churchill

10:30–11:15  Giles Milton, “Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” with introduction by Erin Minnaugh

11:30–12:00  Daniel Todman “Churchill in 1942” with introduction by Stacy Terris

12:00–1:30  Lunch in the Tidewater Room. Presentations will include Timothy Riley speaking on ‘The View from Fulton” and Katherine Carter on “The View from Chartwell.”

1:30–2:15  Edward G. Lengel, “Never in Finer Company” with introduction by Rob Havers

2:30–3:15  Sir David Cannadine, “The Statesman as Artist” with introduction by Katherine Carter

3:30–4:30  John Bew and Mitchell Reiss in conversation about “Churchillian Perspectives on Foreign Policy”

4:30–5:30  Book signing in Colony Foyer

6:30–7:30  Reception in Colony Foyer

7:30–9:20  Gala Dinner in Colony Room with Keynote Speech by Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (ret.), Supreme Court of the United States and introduction by Jennie Churchill

Sunday, November 11

9:00–9:45  Felix Klos, “Churchill and Europe” with introduction by Catherine Katz

10:00–10:45  Andrew Roberts, “Churchill: Walking with Destiny” with introduction by Michael F. Bishop

11:00–11:45  Commemoration of the Armistice Centenary