I thought I would start with a couple of things from Dr Diane Heath’s NHLF-funded ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ project. Firstly, she said they had a great time in Canterbury Cathedral […]
Kent’s Material Culture – from relics to texts
Some of you may remember the NHLF-funded ‘Finding Eanswythe’ project that was run by people from History and Archaeology at CCCU with Dr Andrew Richardson: https://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenthistory/st-eanswythe-found-folkestones-anglo-saxon-saint/ Well the same team […]
Getting involved in Kent History projects
Before I get to Professor Ken Dark’s KAS/CKHH lecture and the Kent History Postgraduates catch-up meeting, I thought I would draw your attention to the ‘Church, Saints and Seals, 1150–1300’ […]
Exploring Past Lives in Kent and Canterbury
I thought that I would share some very exciting news with you. This week marks the launch of a new website at https://maritimebritain.org/ that features two innovative projects, and for […]
Canterbury History – from St Augustine to Tudors and Stuarts 2023
Coming up very shortly KAS with CKHH on Tuesday 7 February will be hosting at St Paul’s church, Canterbury CT1 1NH (from 6pm, lecture at 6.45pm), Professor Ken Dark’s lecture […]
Maps, dragons and building communities – another week for CKHH
Finally the Tudors & Stuarts 2023 schedule on the CKHH web page and supporting pages are now up, not quite as in previous years but serviceable and hopefully will show […]
Historical Research – the exciting county of Kent
I thought I would start by saying I have been notified that the Tudors & Stuarts 2023 History Weekend (Friday 28 April – Sunday 30 April) website will be live […]
Key projects in 2022
Because the blog would get caught up with the Bank Holidays next week, I thought it was more sensible to use this week to give just a brief round-up of […]
Animals and children – exploring the past
Even though I’ll be highlighting in a couple of weeks’ time what events the CKHH will be involved in during the early months of 2023, I thought I would just […]