On Friday 18th March, a powerful programme of distinguished speakers attracted over 500 pupils and staff from 21 secondary schools to the 4th iteration of this annual Magdalen College School event, generously supported by Blackwell’s Bookshop. MCS Head of History, Dr Max Habsburg organised the conference and was delighted to see so many enthusiastic delegates from MCS partner schools.
"It was fascinating to listen to the scholars whose work we had previously read."
Pupil delegate
Professor Christopher Read (University of Warwick) engaged the audience with his talk ‘The Fall of Tsarism’. Professor Stephen Smith (University of Oxford) offered an insightful lecture on 1917 and Dr Claire Shaw taught pupils about the intricacies of the Civil War.