Professor Jeremy Black - 'The City on the Hill: A Life of the University of Exeter' Book launch/lecture

Who should attend?

Public Lecture – everyone is welcome to attend

'The City on the Hill: A Life of the University of Exeter' will be available to purchase on the night.

Professor Jeremy Black will be available for book signings during the drinks reception following the lecture.

Synopsis

In 1955 the former University College of the South West was granted a royal charter and became the University of Exeter. Its development over the subsequent six decades is the subject of a new book entitled ‘The City on the Hill’, written by Professor Jeremy Black. This is the history of an institution that is also a community, a focus of teaching and research set within a particular environment but also part of a wider world.

The author has drawn on a range of sources, from archive material to personal recollections of staff and students, past and present, to record and analyse the story of the university as it engaged with the need to expand and evolve, while responding to constant financial and political pressures. The result is a comprehensive portrait of this unique ‘city on the hill’.  

As we launch our Diamond Jubilee year, you are invited to join the author to hear more about the release of this book.  

Biography

Professor Jeremy Black has been Established Chair in History since 1996. A graduate of Cambridge, he did research work at Oxford, before going to Durham, eventually as Professor. At Exeter, he has served on Council, Senate and Finance Committee.

The most prolific historian in the country, his books include:

Maps and History
Why Wars Happen
History of the British Isles
Rethinking Military History

He has served eight years on the Council of the Royal Historical Society.

Registration

To register to attend this event please email events@exeter.ac.uk