BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15@sarahsiddonsfanclub.org.uk DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250802 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250803 DTSTAMP:20250422T103709Z URL:https://sarahsiddonsfanclub.org.uk/events/armada-study-day-2nd-august- 2025/ SUMMARY:Armada Study Day 2nd August 2025 DESCRIPTION:To provide context for the performances\, exhibitions and guide d walks we begin with a study day\, where researchers and historians will explore the historical background to the events of 1588. The day will end with a screening of the film The Armada Chronicle\, set in Southampton in 1588. There will also be a small exhibition created by the University of S outhampton and attendees will receive a copy of the novel The Theatre of t he World set in the turbulent times of Elizabethan Southampton. A book sta ll will have volumes from the Southampton Records Series for sale at a spe cially discounted price.\n\nProgramme:\n\n10.30: Doors open\, time to view the exhibition &\; book stall\n\n10.55: Welcome\n\n11.00-11.15: Dr Joh n McAleer from The University of Southampton Project Team will present fin dings from the Maritime Communities Project and introduce the new data bas e\n\n11.15-11.20: Q&\;A\n\nSession One: Hampshire under Threat of War\ n\n11.20-12.00: Joshua Harper\, from the Mary Rose Museum\, has a Masters in Tudor &\; Medieval History from the University of Winchester and wil l speak about the ‘History of Elizabeth I’s Militia in Hampshire\, and the defence plans for Hampshire's coastline'. The talk will give an overv iew of the defence procedures sources Josh has transcribed for the County including Southampton\, and provide a brief history of invasion threats ov er the 1590s\, showing how the militia was organised and its defence proce dures.\n\n12.00-12.40: Dr Diane Budden\, a historian of health\, disease a nd medicine and Trustee at The Jenner Trust\, will speak on sickness at se a in the campaigns of 1545 and 1588 and the impact on seafaring communitie s in Tudor Hampshire and beyond.\n\n12.40-12.50: Q&\;A\n\n13.00 – 14. 00 Lunch (this is provided as part of the day)\n\nSession Two: Southampto n &\; Spain\n\n14.00- 14.40: Dr Cheryl Butler is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society\, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts\, an Honorary Fel low of the University of Winchester and contributing editor to the Southam pton Records Series. Her research specialism is 16th Century Southampton a nd she will examine the relationship between Southampton merchants and Spa in.\n\n14.40-15.20: Dr Maria Grove-Gordillo from the University of Bamberg (Germany) and formerly of the University of Sevilla\, has a research spec ialism in Anglo-Spanish trade between the 16th-18th centuries. She will ex amine the events of 1588 from a Spanish perspective.\n\n15.20-15.30: Q& \;A\n\nComfort Break\n\nCreative Response: Pageants\, Film &\; Novel\n\ n15.45- 16.00: Dr John McAleer will give an introduction to Historical Pag eants\, which is the inspiration for the street theatre production The Rev Shapcott’s Historical Armada Pageant on 3rd \,4th &\; 5th  August.\ n\n16.00- 16.45: Introduction and Screening of the film The Armada Chronic le                      \n\n16.45 – 17.00: Final ti me to ask any questions\, view the exhibition and the collections at our v enue The Mason’s Hall\, Albion Place\, Southampton and collect your copy of The Theatre of the World: the characters and events are inspired by th e stories of real people and events in Southampton during the reign of Eli zabeth I.\n\nEarly Bird Booking available until 1st July\, £25 + booking fee\, then £28 + booking fee\, to include lunch &\; a copy of The Thea tre of the World\n\nTickets from www.wegottickets.com ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sarahsiddonsfanclub.org.uk/wp-content/up loads/2025/02/NOT_NCMG_1898_75-001.jpg CATEGORIES:study day END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR