Lectures
James grant-peterkin
James offers a selection of thought-provoking talks, aimed at maximising people's understanding of the region's culture and history:
South Pacific
- An Introduction to Polynesia
- Thor Heyerdahl & Kon-Tiki
- Captain Cook in the Pacific
- The Mystery of Easter Island
- From Scotland to Samoa: Robert Louis Stevenson
- The real Robinson Crusoe: Alexander Selkirk
- Tahiti & French Polynesia: An Introduction
- The Mutiny on the Bounty
- Paradise Lost? Pitcairn Today
- The Troubled Life of Paul Gauguin
- The Final Flight of Amelia Earhart
- The Pacific Theatre of WW2
Transatlantic & Caribbean
- The Disappearance of Donald Crowhurst
- Charles Lindbergh & the History of Transatlantic Flight
- Operation Mincemeat
- Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the Americas
- An Introduction to the Caribbean
- The History of the Bermuda Triangle
- RMS Titanic: an Engineering Marvel
- The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
- Islands of Hope: Liberty & Ellis
- The Cuban Missile Crisis
South & Central America
- HMS Beagle: The evolution of Charles Darwin
- The Search for Machu Picchu
- Ratlines
- The Other 9/11
- The Chilean Mining Disaster
- The History of the Panama Canal
- Percy Fawcett and the City of Z
- The Miracle in the Andes
- White Gold: The Search for Rubber
- The Falklands War
- El Ché: The enduring myth of Ernesto Guevara
Australia & New Zealand
- Early Australia
- Abel Tasman & the Dutch East India Company
- Outlaw: The Story of Ned Kelly
- Mutiny on the Batavia
- The Burke & Wills Expedition
- The Somerton Man & Other Disappearances
- The Rainbow Warrior & Nuclear Testing in the Pacific
- An Introduction to Māori culture
- Sir Edmund Hillary & The Conquest of Everest
Southeast Asia
- The Search for the Spice Islands
- The Disappearance of MH370
- Darwin of the East: Alfred Russel Wallace
- The Death Railway
‘I have enjoyed listening to a number of lectures via Context and James is by far my favorite speaker. He is thoughtful, knowledgeable, and eloquent. I highly recommend any of his lectures.’
‘James was extremely articulate, interesting, and knowledgeable. It was a wonderful session, very well organized with just the right amount of detail.’
‘James Grant-Peterkin was a magnificent find. His lectures on the development history of Polynesia are well researched, appropriately illustrated, amusingly presented, and most interesting. Above all, they are intellectually upscale, at the level of a well-travelled audience such as that of Oceania. As one says to a Brit, “Good Show!”’