Roskill Lecture series

The Roskill lecture is given every two years at Churchill College where leading speakers talk on subjects related to our holdings, such as international security, foreign policy, war, public policy, and the history of science. It is a memorial to Captain Stephen Roskill, Senior Research Fellow and historian, who was a key figure in establishing the Archives Centre.
1st Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/2
Date:
1985-01-31 (creation)
Description:
Given by Lord Carrington.
Including correspondence with Lord Carrington and with guests; a transcript of the lecture; an invitation; a poster; press releases; press cuttings; thank you letters and a guest list.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


2nd Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/3
Date:
1987-02-18 (creation)
Description:
Given by Sir Michael Howard.
Including correspondence with Sir Michael Howard and with guests; an audio recording and transcript of the lecture; an invitation; a poster; a menu; a ticket; a press release; a guest list; press cuttings; thank you letters and a table plan.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


3rd Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/4
Date:
1989-02-16 (creation)
Description:
Given by Field Marshal Lord Carver.
Including correspondence with Field Marshal Lord Carver and with guests; an audio recording and transcript of the lecture; an invitation; a poster; a ticket; a press release; a guest list; menu; thank you letters; and a table plan.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


5th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/6
Date:
1993-02-03 (creation)
Description:
Given by Admiral Sir Julian Oswald, First Sea Lord.
Including correspondence with Admiral Sir Julian Oswald and with guests; an audio tape and transcript of the lecture; an invitation; a poster; press releases; a guest list; a table plan; thank you letters; and photographs.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


6th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/7
Date:
1995-02-22 (creation)
Description:
Given by Mark Tully, BBC Chief of Bureau in New Delhi.
Including correspondence with Mark Tully and with guests; a transcript of the lecture; 2 audio tapes of the lecture; 1 video tape of the lecture; a ticket; a poster; a guest list; and photographs.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


7th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/8
Date:
1997 (creation)
Description:
Given by Professor Paul Kennedy.
Including correspondence with Paul Kennedy and with some guests; 2 transcripts of the lecture; 3 audio tapes of the lecture; a menu; a ticket; a poster; a guest list; and contact sheets of photographs.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


8th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/9
Date:
1999 (creation)
Description:
Given by Sir Colin McColl.
Including correspondence with Sir Colin McColl and with guests; a transcript of the lecture; 1 audio tape of the lecture; a menu; an invitation; a ticket; a press release; a press cutting; a poster; a guest list; and photographs.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


9th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/10
Date:
2001 (creation)
Description:
Given by Professor Peter Hennessy.
Including correspondence with Peter Hennessy and with guests; a transcript of the lecture; 3 audio tapes of the lecture; a menu; an invitation; a ticket; a press release; a poster; a guest list; a table plan; and photographs.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


10th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/11
Date:
2003-02-25 (creation)
Description:
Given by Bridget Kendall, BBC Diplomatic Correspondent.
Including correspondence with Bridget Kendall and with guests; a transcript of the lecture; 2 audio tapes of the lecture; a menu; a press release; a poster; a guest list; a table plan; a programme; and photographs (including a CD of photographs).
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


11th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/12
Date:
2005 (creation)
Description:
Given by Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Crown Prince of Jordan.
Includes text of lecture; photographs [prints and CD-ROM]; correspondence with Prince Hassan and Nicholas Roskill; lists of guests and seating plan for dinner; press release; poster; invitation.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


12th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/13
Date:
2007 (creation)
Description:
Given by Professor Lord May of Oxford.
Includes papers; photographs; correspondence with Lord May; lists of guests and seating plan for dinner; press release; poster; invitation and ticket; correspondence with Cambridge Printing re invitations; thank you letters.
Also includes partial recording of the lecture.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


13th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/14
Date:
2010 (creation)
Description:
Given by Ken Livingstone.
Includes poster, invitation and menu
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


14th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/15
Date:
2012 (creation)
Description:
Given by Robert B Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, and entitled "Modernizing multilateralism: learning from military history. Includes text of lecture delivered by Zoellick plus speaking notes for after dinner speech by Nicholas Roskill.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


15th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/16
Date:
2014-02-20 (creation)
Description:
Given by Mr Jonathan Fenby on the subject of "China's Unfinished Revolution - Why the People's Republic Will Not Rule the World". Includes text of lecture, audio recording, guest list, seating plan for dinner, and a copy of the invitation.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


16th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/17
Date:
2016-03-01 (creation)
Description:
Given by Sir Roderic Lyne on the subject of "Overcoming Enmity: The Evolution of British-Irish Relations in the 1990s". Includes text of lecture, audio recording, press release, seating plan for dinner, and an invitation.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


17th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/18
Date:
2018 (creation)
Description:
Given by Professor Magaret MacMillan, "Reflecting on the Great War Today". Includes invitation list, sample invitation, seating plan, lecture programme and audio-visual recording.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


18th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/19
Date:
2020 (creation)
Description:
Given by Professor David Reynolds, 'Yalta at 75: The Summit and its legacies 1945-2020'. Includes invitiation list and seating plan and audio-visual recording.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


19th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/20
Date:
2022-06-20 (creation)
Description:
The papers of the 19th Roskill Lecture, given by Professor Njabulo Ndebele. Includes an audio-visual recording of the lecture.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College