Our 2023 Historical Section meeting will be held at the Birmingham and Midland Institute. The venue is conveniently located in central Birmingham, 10 minutes walk from New Street Station. Car parking is available nearby (Paradise Birmingham is the closest car park), but we are in Birmingham’s clean air zone, so please check if your car is liable for a fee. There is a cafe at the BMI, and several pubs and restaurants nearby.

You can access the 25% BAA member discount code by logging in to the BAA website and following this link. You enter it as a promo code on the screen where you provide your details.

Doors open at 09:30 and the meeting runs from 10:00 – 12:00 and 13:30 – 17:00.

Our speaker line-up:

• Mark Edwards – The Early Years of Jodrell Bank
• Marie-Louise Archer – Ulugh Beg: Sultan, Astronomer, Mathematician and Visionary
• Pauline Norris – Ancient Egyptians and their Astronomy
• Lee Macdonald – Refugees, Star Clusters and Relativity: Astronomy at Greenwich Observatory in the First World War
• Andrew Lound – Herschel’s Lunatick Friends

The BMI is home to the Robert Stawell Ball library of the Society for the History of Astronomy, which will be open to delegates.

Cover image is of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, from Wikimedia Commons by Oosoom