Histories of the Unexpected

In this latest episode, the Unexpected duo, Professor James Daybell and Dr Sam Willis wander down memory lane and bump into old friends in this reminiscence about the unexpected history of REUNIONS! Which is inspired by James's recent gaudy at his old college, and is in fact all about the history of fine dining, pomp and ceremony in twentieth-century Oxford University; it's black family reunions after the abolition of slavery in the United States of America, and the reunion of loved ones after the Second World War. It's also all about the Fujian Tulou (large earthen buildings that housed an entire family clan) in South East China, and the growth of family genealogy in the US around the Civil War. Who knew?