Professor Linda Colley: When did the British Constitution become unwritten?
Professor Linda Colley will be joined by an expert panel to discuss ‘When did the British Constitution become unwritten?’
Professor Colley the Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History, is an expert on Britain since 1700.
After graduating from Bristol University with First Class Honours in history she completed her Ph.D. in history at Cambridge, becoming the first female Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.
She was a professor at LSE and Yale before joining the Princeton History Department in 2003.
She has many publications to her name, her most recent work Britons 'The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History' was nominated one of the ten best books of 2007 by the New York Times.
The Panel
- Peter Riddell - Senior Fellow and Times Political Commentator
- Prof Vernon Bogdanor - Associate and Professor at Oxford University
- Lord Adonis - Former Secretary of State for Transport
Date: Wednesday 7 July
Time: 18.00 - 19.30. The event will begin at 18:30 and be followed by a drinks reception.
Venue: the Institute for Government
How to attend: Call Alexis Sutton on 020 7747 0422 or email events@instituteforgovernment.org.uk by the 1 July.
