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Oxford University

Heraldry Society

 

Programme 2025/26


We continue to present virtual lectures on the Zoom platform but also face-to-face.
We shall post details as and when they are arranged. If you want to tune in to any of the virtual lectures, you must inform the Secretary, who will send you the Zoom link on the day of the lecture. Book as soon as you can — numbers are limited.

Michaelmas Term 2025

Thursday 23rd October
18:30 By Zoom
Mike Rumble The Heraldry of Kensington and Chelsea (UK) ***  
 

Friday 7th November
Oriel College, Harris Seminar Room
16:30 in person
Yorick Gomez Gane The Italian Language in British Heraldry ***  
 

Hilary Term 2026

Tuesday, 27 January (week 2) 17:00
MacGregor Room, Oriel College

Mr Mark J R Scott
(Somerset Herald)  
British Royal Heraldry: 1800-2025 ‡‡‡  
 

Tuesday, 10 February (week 4) 17:30
MacGregor Room, Oriel College
Mr Patric Dickinson, CVO
(Clarenceux King of Arms 2010-21)
Symbolism in Heraldry: Mysterious or Manifest? ‡‡‡  
 

Thursday, 19 February (week 5) 17:00
MacGregor Room, Oriel College and Online
Dr Nicolas Vernot AIH
(Guest Researcher, CY Cergy Paris Université)
Heraldry and Magic ‡‡‡
***
 
 

Thursday, 5 March (week 7) 17:00
MacGregor Room, Oriel College
Dr Beatrice Groves
(Research Fellow at Trinity)   
‘Azure-laced / With blue of heaven’s own tinct:’
Shakespeare's heraldic language
‡‡‡  
 

Easter Vacation 2026

Thursday, 16 April (Easter vacation) 

Online meeting 17:00

Professor Jose Antonio Guillén Berrendero
(Historian at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
Heraldry as a Mirror of Virtues in Early Modern Societies ***  
 

Trinity Term 2026

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  *** Booking essential for online lectures
‡‡‡ For "live" lectures it may be possible to dine in Hall
  contact the Secretary  

Previous programmes:
2009/2010
2010/2011
2011/2012
2012/2013
2013/2014
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025