Firstly, for those who have been trying to book Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2022 tickets this week an apology because I have been informed that due to government changes, the CCCU […]
Kent Centre’s thanks and top events in 2019
As the last blog of 2019, I want to record my thanks to many for their efforts this year and to offer my top three events.
Maritime Kent and more Canterbury landmarks
Some of you may remember that about 15 month ago the Centre held a conference on ‘Maritime Kent through the Ages’. Following that successful day Stuart Bligh, Dr Elizabeth Edwards […]
Paul Bennett, Canterbury UNESCO and Jayne Wackett
Last night a packed lecture theatre of students, staff and the public were treated to a great lecture by Paul Bennett, Visiting Professor of Archaeology in the Centre for Kent […]
Canterbury’s UNESCO World Heritage Site and Medieval Faversham
Last week I was in Belfast giving a paper at Queen’s on ‘Starting a new life in Ricardian and Henrician Canterbury’ at the ‘Migration to the Margin’ conference, while Dr […]
Exploring the past at Faversham, Brook and Canterbury
This week has been more a matter of meetings and looking forward to future events rather than events themselves. Included in the latter is most definitely the last of the […]
Medievalists at Leeds, Faversham and Canterbury
Before I come to the Centre’s involvement in this year’s Medieval Pageant in Canterbury which took place today, I thought I would just mention a couple of other events that […]
Tudor and Stuart Canterbury – universities working together
Last Saturday was the Kent History Federation’s 1-day conference hosted at Canterbury Christ Church by the Centre for Kent History and Heritage. To avoid clashing with the Medieval Canterbury Weekend […]
Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2018 is almost here
This will be a very brief piece as the days get busier and busier before Friday and we start with our first event at Waterstones – if you are in […]