'Finding Endurance: adventures of a public historian'
Dan Snow is a TV historian and author who was part of the expedition that discovered the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, in 2022. Dan returns to Balliol to recount this extraordinary experience and to explain how he has tried to build a career as a public historian. He studied history at Balliol 1998-2001 and joined the BBC shortly after. Ever since, he has been making documentaries, podcasts, social posts and has even written a book or two.
Date: 4 February 2025, 16:00
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Speaker: Dan Snow
Organiser contact email address: development.office@balliol.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Required
Booking email: development.office@balliol.ox.ac.uk
Audience: Public
Editor: David Barker