The Wiles lectures in 2012 will be given by Professor Peter Hennessy.
Peter Hennessy FBA is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London. He was appointed a cross-bench member of the House of Lords in 2010.
His four-lecture series will be on 'History, Country, Autobiography: Writing about one's own times' and will be held from Wednesday 16 May to Saturday 19 May 2012.