Dulwich in World War Two:
The Japanese connection and Enigma
Monday 6 March 2017, 6.30-9pm, Dulwich College
In December 1941 Japan went to war with Britain and America, launching a surprise
attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and a military landing in
Malaya which quickly led to the capture of the main British base in the Far East at
Singapore. At the time few people in Britain knew much about Japan -- or could
speak its language: and many of those who could speak Japanese were captured and
imprisoned in Singapore. To help solve the problem the government turned to a
bunch of bright schoolboys.
Nick Higham is a BBC News correspondent,
working on television, on radio and online. He
covers a wide range of subjects, including
environment, science, consumer issues, the
media, heritage, and arts and culture.
Prior to the lecture there will be a
demonstration of a working Enigma machine
introduced by Tom Briggs, Education
Manager with the Bletchley Park Trust, who
will introduce us to the complexities of this
amazing machine.
Tickets £10, available from
[email protected]
6.30 – 7pm Drinks reception in the
James Caird Hall.
7pm – 8.30pm Demonstration and Lecture
in the George Farha Auditorium
The GE Moore Lecture Series:
In 2019 Dulwich College will celebrate its
400th anniversary. To mark this milestone
the College has created a lecture series,
each reflecting an aspect of the College’s
life and history. The series has been named
after one of the College’s most influential Old
Alleynians. This is the sixth lecture in
the series.
1619 - 2019
BBC News Correspondent Nick Higham explores the role
that Dulwich played in developing these young men. They
were known as “the Course Boys”. Who were they? What
and how did they learn? And what happened to them
afterwards?