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Calendar of Events
This Calendar of Events provides information on future conferences, seminars, symposia, dinners, lectures, and other events sponsored by The Churchill Centre, its allies and affiliates, and other related parties.
If you are planning an event that may be of interest to Churchillians and would like to have it posted, send complete details to The Churchill Centre at
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. Please provide as much information as possible including photographs and contact details. Also, if you know of an event that is not listed, please let us know and we will do our best to track it down and add it to the Calendar.
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Chicagoland Chapter WSC Birthday Celebration |
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Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 6:00 PM
Location: The Union League Club, 65 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604
The Churchill Centre's Chicagoland Chapter is hosting their annual Black Tie Dinner with guest speaker, Michael Shelden, at the Union League Club this November.
Shelden is a Professor of English at Indiana State University and an accomplished biographer. Dr. Shelden will be discussing his latest critically-acclaimed biography, "Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill".
Cocktails will be served at 6:00 PM with dinner following at 7:00.
Please send any inquiries to
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 September 2013 16:25 |
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Churchill and the Origins of the First World War |
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Saturday, October 19, 9–11 am - 9 am — Registration and Continental Breakfast
The Bernard and Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series presents Churchill and the Origins of the First World War
 Dr. John Maurer$40 (members $28) at the New York Historical Society.
Presented in collaboration with the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
In light of the 100th anniversary of the First World War, John H. Maurer examines how Winston Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, transformed the Royal Navy and provided for Britain's security against the rising German naval challenge in the Great War, and why Churchill's coinciding efforts to avert war with Germany were ultimately unsuccessful.
John H. Maurer teaches at the Naval War College in Newport, RI, and is the author or editor of several books examining the outbreak of the First World War and Winston Churchill's views on British foreign policy and strategy.
For more information and to purchase tickets for this event, please visit the New York Historical Society website.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 31 August 2013 20:06 |
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30th International Churchill Conference |
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Friday and Saturday, November 1-2, 2013
Location: Park Hyatt Hotel, 24th & M Streets, NW, Washington, D.C.
The 30th International Churchill Conference, organized in partnership with The George Washington University, is to be held at the Marvin Center on the university campus in Washington, D.C. Accommodations and social events will be at the Park Hyatt Hotel, 24th & M Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. Register online today by following this link.
Registration and a Welcome Reception will be held at the Park Hyatt Hotel on Thursday, October 31, 2013. Registration will move to the Marvin Center on Friday morning where all sessions will be held Friday and Saturday, November 1-2, 2013.
Follow this link for the full conference program.
The theme of the conference is "Winston Churchill: Perspectives on Leadership." An impressive array of speakers is being assembled who will examine the current state of Churchill scholarship; Churchill and the Presidency; Churchill and Military Leadership; and, Aspects of Churchill's Leadership. Speakers will include Christopher Bell, Raymond Callahan, Sir David Cannadine, Williamson Murray, Andrew Roberts, and many others.
Register online today. Early bird tickets are available until July 1, 2013.
For more information, please contact:
The Churchill Centre
Dan Myers
P. O. Box 945
Downers Grove, Illinois 60515-0945
Toll Free: 1-888-WSC-1874
Tel: +1 (630) 512-9341
Fax: +1 (630) 515-1123
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