The FI Golden Jubilee celebrations open on Friday 23 April with a virtual birthday gathering and toast. Twelve months of ‘flagtivities’ will follow, including two summer specials and the traditional Winter and Spring Conferences. And with online options for all events, flaglovers worldwide can join in the fun. View the full programme here. Annual membership […]
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FI 50th birthday party
A grand online FI 50th birthday party will open the Flag Institute’s Golden Jubilee Year on Friday 23 April, 7pm-9.30pm. Trustees, members and special guests will share memories and views of the FI – past, present and future. And US film-maker Patrick O’Connor will be there to discuss his new documentary, Look Away, Look Away. […]
Flag Institute 2019-20 AGM
From Melbourne to Michigan, Bergen to Bavaria, the Netherlands to New York, and from all corners of the British Isles. At 7pm on Wednesday 20 January, 75 Flag Institute members gathered by their screens for the 2019-20 AGM. Thanks to everyone who attended this inaugural Zoom meeting, which also featured illustrated annual reviews from Chief […]
Happy birthday, Flag Institute!
The Flag Institute – founded on 23 April 1971 by Dr William Crampton and his band of bold vexillological pioneers – celebrates its 49th birthday today. The Institute sends its thanks and best wishes to all members, friends and colleagues. Your support over the decades is greatly appreciated. Next year, of course, will mark the […]
Spring 2020 Conference CANCELLED
Following careful consideration of the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided with regret to cancel the Spring 2020 Conference. In the current extraordinary circumstances, we feel this is the wisest and kindest course of action. It is also the only means of safeguarding the health and wellbeing of delegates, the Flag Institute team, […]
Cover drive
The Flag Institute makes the pages of Country Life! As well as its usual property, interior design, gardening and cookery articles, the latest issue (5 February 2020) boasts a full-colour cover featuring county flags, plus a seven-page article by Eleanor Doughty. Extensively quoted are the Flag Institute’s own Communities Vexillologist, Philip Tibbetts, and President, Malcolm Farrow. […]
Spring 2020 Conference: book now
The Flag Institute invites you to its Spring 2020 Conference, taking place on Saturday 28 March at David Game College, London. Admission is free and speakers and presentations include: Patrice de la Condamine, Professor of Contemporary History; author of Les drapeaux panarabes; Société française de vexillologie Pan-Arab flags Roger Ourset, Retired Professor and Dean of ESA […]
Winter Conference: speakers & tickets
The Flag Institute AGM & Winter 2019 Conference will take place on Saturday 2 November. The venue is the People’s History Museum, Manchester, home to the world’s largest trade union and political banner collection. Tickets are free to Flag Institute members. Speakers and presentations include… Annie M. Platoff FF, Slavic Studies Librarian at University of California […]
Spring Conference 2019: tickets available
Tickets are now available for the Flag Institute Spring Conference, taking place on 23 March 2019 at Imperial College London. Further details of speakers will follow.
In memoriam: Michael Faul
It is with great sadness that we announce the death on 1 January 2019 of Michael Faul MA FF FFI, former Secretary of the Flag Institute and the long-time Editor of Flagmaster. Michael was a dedicated servant of the Flag Institute and one of the leading authorities on flags in the immediate post-Crampton/Smith era. In […]
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