Laughton Naval History Lecture

[anteros_lmc]

If anyone happens to be in London on Monday 16th of April Professor Andrew Lambert will be delivering the 2012 Laughton Naval History Lecture at the Great Hall, King's College. Blurb as follows:

In June 1812 the Unites States declared war on Great Britain, invaded Canada and attacked British Shipping on the Atlantic. Despite the distractions of a far greater war being waged against Europe, Britain beat off the initial American assaults, secured command of the sea and then launched a series of counter-attacks. These were targeted at the states that had voted for war, and the Capital, which was captured and burnt in August 1814.

Within weeks the American Government was bankrupt. The British Government, preoccupied by the political future of Europe, offered a peace settlement based on the status quo ante.

For two hundred years the history of the war has been written by Americans and Canadians. This lecture re-examines the conflict from a British perspective.

The lecture is based on Professor Lambert's new book The Challenge, due for publication in April 2012.

Further details here.

Now, Professor Andrew Lambert happened to be at the New Researchers in Maritime History conference a couple of weeks ago. He was sitting in the second row as nodbear and I were speaking and the rotten sod spent almost the entire presentation staring out the window! Okay, so we were on right after lunch but he could at least have pretended to be interested!

Comments

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

At the presentation skills course I was on the other week it was stated that quite often people who look like they aren't paying attention because they're staring out the window/doodling actually are, in fact several people while I was doing my bit looked bored yet when I'd finished were full of questions and feedback!

He still might be a rotten sod mind you, I'm just saying. :P As his blurb makes no mention of slash or spaniels I cant say I'm inclined to attend.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I second that... I actually have a very hard time taking in auditory information if I'm looking directly at the presenter. My instructors at school know this -- I have a medical note in my file that I should be allowed to bring knitting to lecture! They also know that even if I have a game of Plants vs. Zombies going on my little iPod, I will respond to what they're saying and I participate MORE in class discussion if I do that.

Yeah. I got diagnosed ADD last year. Imagine what I might have accomplished if I'd known 25 years ago. :-/

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Knitting is a great aid to concentration! I usually take notes when I'm listening to presentations, when I was a student I transcribed all my lectures long hand. There was something about the process of writing the information down that seemed to fix it in my head.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Suspect it was a post lunch dwam tbh. Perhaps we should have read some of our fic rather than the presentation? ;P

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

Well you'd have been sure to find out who was paying attention when you suddenly switched to porn!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

It was rather tempting... ;)