# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Empire, the West Country and Thomas Hardy
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 04 Jul, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Fri, 04 Jul, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This joint talk with Corinne Fowler and Rena Jackson explores the British Empire's impact on the West Country. It will examine Dorset's colonial connections, imperial wealth, and literary responses, including Thomas Hardy's portrayal of global influences in Wessex.

This Thomas Hardy AGM Lecture is supported by and in partnership with the Thomas Hardy Society and the Dorset History Centre, and is generously sponsored by the British Association for Victorian Studies.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dorchester/empire-the-west-country-and-thomas-hardy/200028251474600
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 20

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.dorsetmuseum.org/whats-on/empire-the-west-country-and-thomas-hardy/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=dorchester-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Dorchester
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 66 High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1XA, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 50.71575
- **long**: -2.43735
- **full address**: 66 High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1XA, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Dorset Museum & Art Gallery (https://allevents.in/org/dorset-museum-and-art-gallery/22787290)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 04 Jul, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 66 High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1XA, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Dorset Museum & Art Gallery
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Empire, the West Country and Thomas Hardy ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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