Historian Niall Ferguson to speak at Primrose Hill lectures
Published: 03 June 2010
by DAN CARRIER
CONTROVERSIAL historian Niall Ferguson, whose defence of Britain’s colonial past has made him the subject of criticism from fellow academics, is one of the star names set to appear in the pulpit at St Mary’s Church in Primrose Hill this summer.
Ferguson, who specialises in economic history, will deliver a lecture on July 7 entitled “On Money” as part of the Primrose Hill Lectures.
He is currently a professor at Harvard University and has been asked by the new government to overhaul how history is taught in schools.
The annual lecture series kicks off on Wednesday with a talk by Guardian columnist and author Lionel Shriver discussing family. She is followed by Tariq Ali on Islam, Times columnist and former William Ellis school pupil David Aaronovitch speaking about politics, and book editor Diana Athill on the subject of ageing.
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