Johnson Society of London

Programme October 2022– April 2023

Unless otherwise indicated, meetings take place at Charles Dickens Museum

8 October, 2:30 pm, (over Zoom)

Savage before Johnson

Dr Joseph Hone

19 November, 2:30 pm, Charles Dickens Museum

Samuel Johnson, Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of happiness

Peter Moore

10 December (please note changed times) 

11:30. The Annual Commemoration at Westminster Abbey

12:30 pm. The Society’s annual luncheon, St Ermin’s Hotel

2:30 pm. Johnson’s French resistance in the English Dictionary

Professor Lynda Mugglestone

14 January 2023, 2:30 pm, Wesley’s Chapel

Euphemia Boswell

Dr Anna Jamieson

11 February, 2:30 pm, Charles Dickens Museum

The Vision of Theodore, the Hermit of Teneriffe, found in his cell: a case study of Samuel Johnson’s exploration of human nature

Dr Stefka Ritchie

11 March, 2:30 pm, (over Zoom)

J. D. Fleeman: The Greatest Johnsonian?

Dr Anthony W. Lee

15 April, 2:30 pm, Wesley's Chapel

Johnson and disability

Dr Declan Kavanagh

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