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Michael is currently in and around England filming his latest project, English Story.
Michael does make frequent personal appearances to give talks and lectures, a number of which appear in the list below. These dates will be periodically updated so please bookmark us or keep checking back for more details.
21 June - Summer Evening Lecture
Summer Evening Lecture at Gilbert White's House & The Oates Museum, Hampshire
For further information, please contact: 01420 511275
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12 June - W. G. Hoskins Lecture
14:30 University of Leicester - Main Campus
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8 June - Royal Geographical Society London
The Last Civilisation? The Living Past in South India
An illustrated lecture by Michael Wood, in aid of the Jeevika Trust.
In this lavishly illustrated lecture, Michael Wood takes us on a journey of discovery through the tropical landscapes of India's deep south, describing the Tamil world as the last classical civilisation to survive in the modern world.
To buy tickets please visit www.jeevika.org.uk/MichaelWoodLecture2010
Alternatively, please call Rosemary on 020 8973 3773 (Monday-Wednesday) or email on rosemary@jeevika.org.uk
Advanced ticket sales will end on Friday 28th of May, please book early to avoid disappointment.
For more information, or to buy tickets by post, you can download this PDF file:
RGS Jeevika Trust Talk Details10JEEV01_RGSinvite_v8b.pdf
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1 March - Institute for Medieval Research Annual Public Lecture
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The University of Nottingham
Public Lecture entitled Saxons, Celts and Vikings: The Reign of Athelstan (925-39) and the Creation of England
Room B63, Law and Social Sciences
18:00-20:00
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26 February 2010 - Illustrated Talk: A South Indian Journey
The Nehru Centre, 6.30 pm
In this lavishly illustrated talk Michael Wood looks back over 25 years of travels in the South and suggests that Dravidian India is the world's last surviving classical civilisation. Showing intensely evocative images of landscapes and sacred places, of great temples and tiny rural shrines, stone and bronze sculptures of unrivalled beauty, along with still vital living traditions, celebrations and pilgrimages, Michael Wood's talk will appeal to all who love India and especially the South.
For further information please e-mail lakshmi_uk@yahoo.com
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14 November - Guest Speaker at The Radcliffe Dinner, Hitchin Priory
This is part of a fundraising appeal to help save the nationally important Delmé-Radcliffe archive collection from being sold off at auction.
For Dinner bookings contact 01462 433859 by 30th October
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25 November - England: New Developments in the Reign of King Athelstan
A public lecture for the Society of Antiquaries, Newcastle upon Tyne
6pm at Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
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27 October - Beowulf: A Celebration (Sold out)
6pm at the British Library
Spend an evening with Seamus Heaney, Benjamin Bagby, Michael Morpurgo and Michael Wood, as they discuss the timeless power of Beowulf and don't miss the rare chance to hear Heaney read his extraordinary 1999 translation.
For further information please visit: http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event95626.html
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19 October - Bernard Cornwell and Michael Wood: The Making of England
7pm at the Tower of London, EC3N 4AB
Tickets £20.00 per person including wine and canapes
For further information please call 0844 482 7788.
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13 September - Ancient World Tours Conference
Michael Wood will be giving an illustrated lecture on Alexander and Darius.
10:15am in the Cruciform Theatre, UCL.
For tickets and information please call 020 7917 9494.
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