Following the passing of the renowned historian, Christopher Walker in 2017, the Armenian Institute organised a memorial lecture as a tribute to his works. The lecture, written and delivered by Dr Rebecca Jinks, a lecturer in Modern History at Royal Holloway University, has been published by AI, and is now available for £5.
Dr Jinks followed-up the 2017 lecture with a presentation at Kings’ College London, with the KCL Armenian Society—After Christopher Walker: New Approaches to Modern Armenian History and the Genocide. We were very lucky to be joined by the Head of History and Head of sixth-form Enrichment for Lancing College, Christopher Walker’s alma mater, Dr Damian Kearney, and his year 12 class for the lecture. Dr Kearney had kindly searched the school archives for Christopher Walker’s contributions to the school magazine, which showed his obvious literary talents that he put to wonderful use in his historical works.
Lancing College Magazine, Advent 1959, Amateur Dramatic Society “C.J Walker gave a very stimulating paper on Ibsen, the first paper to be given since the foundation of the Society. The paper heightened our enjoyment of the Theatre Royal’s production of ‘Rosmersholm’ which was brilliantly acted by a cast that included Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Eric Porter and Mark Dignam.”
Written by Arda Eghiayan
Originally written for Bardez, AI’s periodical in 2013-2020