Ford Lectures in English/British History
- 1960–1
- Professor J.G. Edwards
- English Parliament in its second century.
- 1961–2
- J.E.C. Hill
- Intellectual origins of the English Revolution.
- 1962–3
- Professor D.C. Douglas
- William the Conqueror: the Norman impact upon England.
- 1963–4
- Professor Norman Gash
- Reaction and reconstruction in English politics 1832–52.
- 1964–5
- Professor E.M. Carus Wilson
- The rise of the English woollen industry.
- 1965–6
- Dr J.H. Plumb
- The growth of political stability in England 1675–1725.
- 1966–7
- Miss Beryl Smalley
- Intellectuals and Politics in the twelfth century.
- 1967–8
- R.N.W. Blake
- The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill.
- 1968–9
- Professor C.H. Wilson
- Queen Elizabeth and the Revolt of the Netherlands.
- 1969–70
- Dr J.M. Wallace-Hadrill
- Early Germanic Kingship in England and on the Continent.
- 1970–1
- M.E. Howard
- The Gouty Giant: Reflection on British Defence Policy in the era of two World Wars.
- 1971–2
- Professor G.R. Elton
- Policy and Police: the enforcement of the Reformation in the age of Thomas Cromwell.
- 1972–3
- Professor R.H. Hilton
- Peasantry in late medieval England.
- 1973–4
- Professor J.A. Gallaghe
- The Fall of British Imperialism: domestic constraints and external dangers 1916–47.
- 1974–5
- Dr I.J. Thirsk
- Economic Policy, Economic Projects and Political Economy, 1540–1700.
- 1975–6
- Professor J.P. Kenyo
- The Politics of Oligarchy 1689–1720.
- 1976–77
- Professor G.W.S. Barrow
- The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History.
- 1977–8
- Professor F.S.L. Lyons
- Culture and Anarchy in modern Ireland, 1890–1939.
- 1978–9
- Professor P. Collinson
- The Religion of Protestants: The Church in English Society, 1559–1625.
- 1979–80
- Professor D.A. Bullough
- Alcuin: The Achievement and the Reputation.
- 1980–1
- Professor W.O. Chadwick
- Britain, the Pope and Appeasement 1935–1940.
- 1981–2
- Professor J. Scarisbrick
- Religious Attitudes in Reformation England.
- 1982–3
- Mr J.O. Prestwich
- The Place of War in English History 1066–1214.
- 1983–4
- Professor I.R. Christie
- Stress and Stability in late 18th Century Britain.
- 1984–5
- Sir John Habakkuk
- The English Landed Estate 1650–1882.
- 1985–6
- Professor S.F.C. Milson
- Law and Society in the 12th and 13th centuries.
- 1986–7
- Professor K. Robbins
- The Blending of Britain 1880–1914.
- 1987–8
- Professor C.S.R. Russell
- The Causes of the English Civil War.
- 1988–9
- Miss B.F. Harvey
- Living and dying in England 1200–1540: the monastic experience.
- 1989–90
- Dr Paul Langford
- Public life and the propertied Englishman 1689–1798.
- 1990–1
- The Rt. Hon. Lord Briggs
- Culture and Communication in Victorian England.
- 1991–2
- Professor David Underdown
- The Political Nation of 17th century England.
- 1992–3
- Professor P.H. Sawyer
- Wealth in Anglo-Saxon England.
- 1993–4
- Professor F.M.L. Thompson
- British Society, 1780–1980: Enterprise Culture and the Gentrification Syndrome.
[Note. The decree governing the Ford Lectures was changed in 1994 to broaden the scope of the lectures from English to British History.]
- 1994–5
- Dr P.A. Slack
- From Reformation to Improvement: social reform and public welfare in England 1500–1740.
- 1995–6
- Mr J. Campbell
- Origins of the English State.
- 1996–7
- Professor J.F. Harris
- A land of lost content? Visions of civic virtue from Ruskin to Rawls.
- 1997–8
- Professor R.R. Davies
- Beyond the English State: Power, Societies and Identities in the British Isles.
- 1998–9
- Professor T.C. Smout
- Use and delight: Environmental History in Northern Britain since 1600
- 1999–2000
- Sir Keith Thomas
- The ends of life: roads to human fulfilment in early modern England
- 2000–1
- Professor C Dyer
- An age of transition? Economy and society in the later middle ages
- 2001–2
- Professor PF Clarke
- Britain’s image in the world in the
twentieth century
- 2001–3
- Professor QRD Skinner
- Freedom, Representation and Revolution, 1603–1651
- 2003–4
- Dr JR Maddicott
- The Origins of the English Parliament c900–1327
- 2004–5
- Professor M Elliott
- Religion and Identity in Modern Irish History
- 2005–6
- Professor J Morrill
- Living with Revolution: the peoples of Britain and Ireland and the Civil Wars
- 2006–7
- Professor R Bartlett
- The Learned Culture of Angevin England
- 2007–8
- Dr R McKibbin
- Parties, People and the State: Politics in England c.1914 – 1951
- 2008–9
- Professor J Brewer
- 2009–10
- Professor D Bates
- 2010–11
- Professor P Lake
- 2010–11
- Professor R Foster
- 2012–13
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