This week I decided to wait until after the Garden History Study Day yesterday to write the blog, but before I get to that I just want to announce that […]
Hops in history – Nightingale Lecture and Ian Coulson Awards
This week has brought the start of the academic year, I hope the final touches to the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2018 webpages so that they can go live next week […]
Saxon history – linking Canterbury to continental Europe
The 68th International Sachsenymposion is drawing to a close today after four and a half days of guided tours, workshops, poster displays, a public lecture, and academic debate following a […]
Maritime Kent – place-names, sea songs and Anglo-Saxon ‘invaders’
Keeping with the maritime theme, at least for part of this blog, I thought I would report on a presentation I went to last Saturday at the Beaney in Canterbury. […]
Burial mounds, workhouses and maritime Kent
Having had a number of meetings this week about prospective Centre events for 2018, I thought I would just mention them before reporting on the last of the Kent History […]
Black Prince, Cinque Ports and Canterbury Cathedral
Faversham’s history – attracting a growing audience. On Wednesday evening, the Canterbury Christ Church University bookshop hosted the launch of Michael Jones’ new book on the Black Prince, but before […]
Medieval Pageant and Centre’s future events
Before I come on to the report on the Medieval Pageant, especially the Centre’s contribution in the Greyfriars Garden as part of the Family Trail, I thought I would offer […]
Roman, Norman and Stuart Canterbury
I thought I would begin this week by mentioning Dr Michael Jones’ book launch for his new study on the Black Prince. This will take place at the Canterbury Christ […]
Sense of place – Canterbury, Kent and beyond
This week I want to catch up with events involving History and the Centre over the last week, but will leave Dr Mark Hutchinson’s paper to the Staff-Postgraduate Research Seminar […]