Next week will be busy with a Kent History Postgraduates presentation by Kieron Hoyle, a meeting concerning Canterbury and pilgrimage with Michael Byrne, another doctoral student working on a Kent […]
Immigration and innovation – what history has to offer
Firstly, thanks very much to those who came to the Canterbury Historical Association Lyle Lecture last night (Thursday), which honours Marjorie and Lawrence Lyle, absolute stalwarts of so many organisations […]
Delight and Despair – Tudors and Stuarts 2025 versus Canterbury’s disastrous fire
Stop press! Kellie has set up the booking system for all the events and Ben has linked them to the website (thanks both of you), which means we are totally […]
Looking forward – Tudors and Stuarts 2025
It’s another busy week for CKHH in that on Monday one of the Kent History Postgraduates stepped in at the last minute to provide a presentation for the Kent Archives […]
Showcasing medieval communities – Deal and Faversham
As promised, a catch-up blog with news of some upcoming events and a couple of short reports on the Centre at Deal and ‘Open Faversham’. Also, news of several people […]
Canterbury and Kent – from Story Gardens to the History of Emotions
For this week among the various things Dr Claire Bartram and I have been doing is putting together the final preparations for the CKHH 10 Year Celebratory event next week. […]
From the Stone Age to the Tudors – exploring Kent’s past
Before I come to the opening of the new gallery at Maidstone Museum with its official launch yesterday (Tuesday 5 June), I thought I would take the opportunity to mention […]
From castles to hospitals – researching Kent’s past
This week is more some short reports on people’s activities around the county rather than notices of what’s coming up next week. However, looking slightly further into June, I thought […]
Upcoming Becket Lecture and much more
This week I want to highlight some forthcoming events, starting with the Annual Becket Lecture, which is next Tuesday 14 May at 6pm (drinks reception from 5.30pm). Professor Elisabeth van […]