Incomplete Messages – Seven Years Researching Bletchley Park
Dr David Kenyon is responsible for historical research in support of all public content at Bletchley Park, the Second World War code-breaking site in Buckinghamshire, now a museum. This includes exhibition material as well as visitor tours, web information and broadcast items. He also appears as a spokesman for Bletchley Park on TV and radio. His latest book, Bletchley Park and D-Day was published by Yale University Press in 2019.

He was previously a free-lance military historian and museum consultant and has worked on and appeared in numerous historical TV and film projects. (These include the Trench Detectives series, shown on The History Channel, and work as Historical Advisor to the Spielberg film production of Warhorse in 2010).

He has previously worked for a number of years as an archaeologist and is one of the UK’s leading experts on the archaeology of the First World War. After attaining his PhD in Military History at UK Defence Academy, he has lectured both at home and abroad, including at various universities, as well as to other groups and societies. His book Digging the Trenches was published in 2008.
Date: 21 February 2022, 17:30 (Monday, 6th week, Hilary 2022)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Large Lecture Room
Speaker: Dr David Kenyon (Bletchley Park Trust)
Organising department: Nuffield College
Organiser: Gwilym Hughes (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: gwilym.hughes@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
Host: Gwilym Hughes (University of Oxford)
Part of: Oxford Intelligence Group Seminars
Booking required?: Required
Booking email: gwilym.hughes@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Catherine Farfan de los Godos