For all with an interest in the history
OF THE East India Company and the British Raj
The British in India Historical Trust presents Zoom lectures by authors of recently published books of interest to descendants of the British in South Asia between 1600 and 1947 and all who want to know more about the East India Company and the British Raj. From 2022 we shall promote scholarship by organising annual book prizes for excellence in non-fiction historical writing. The British in India Historical Trust is a small charity.
FORTHCOMING
The 2022-23 programme will be announced shortly. Please sign up below for news of lectures and you will be notified when details are available.
Proceeds of lectures help fund prizes for non-fiction historical writing on British India. Two prizes will be awarded in 2023 for books published in 2022 (history and military history). Details available soon.
PAST
Tuesday 19 October 2021
The Origins of the British Empire in Asia
David Veevers
Tuesday 16 November 2021
India in the Persianate Age
Richard M. Eaton with Rosie Llewellyn-Jones
Tuesday 14 December 2021
Wellington and the British Army’s Indian Campaigns 1798-1805
Martin R. Howard
Tuesday 18 January 2022
The Estate of Major General Claude Martin at Lucknow
Rosie Llewellyn-Jones
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Peace, Poverty and Betrayal: A New History of British India
Roderick Matthews
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Ruling the Savage Periphery
Benjamin D. Hopkins
Tuesday 10 May 2022
A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma & Britain 1941-45
Robert Lyman