This week has seen more preparatory work for CKHH events and for those where the Centre is involved, whether as joint organiser and/or active participant. Of these, I want to […]
Tudors and Stuarts 2023 – celebrating history!
This week I’m going to focus exclusively on Tudors & Stuarts 2023, but first a date for your diaries. The Kent History Showcase 2023, organised by KAS, the Maison Dieu […]
Upcoming Tudors and Stuarts, plus St George and Kent Maps
In addition to Tudors & Stuarts 2023 which is coming up THIS weekend – see #TS2023 – thanks very much Craig for a great window display in the CCCU Bookshop, […]
Kent History Postgraduates and future events
It is now just over a week until the Tudors & Stuarts 2023 History Weekend which will start at 7pm on Friday 28 April with Professor Catherine Richardson’s fascinating lecture […]
Mapping and Medieval Animals – an exciting Easter
For this short lead-up to the Easter Weekend, I’m going to begin with two items relating to the Kent Maps Online project run by Professor Carolyn Oulton, Michelle Crowther and […]
Canterbury Seals Day – looking to the past, present and future
This week is a mix of past, present and future in that I’m mainly going to report on the ‘Church, Saints and Seals, 1150-1300’ conference that took place last weekend, […]
Researching Kent History – sharing exciting discoveries
This week I want to draw you attention to a couple of ‘call for papers’ opportunities, but first I thought I would mention the ‘Church, Saints and Seals, 1150–1300’ study […]
Canterbury – medieval hospitals and Tudors & Stuarts 2023
Before I get to Tudors & Stuarts 2023, as well as Dr John Williams’ FCAT/CKHH lecture, an exciting meeting that took in TWO medieval hospitals, while Dr Diane Heath took […]
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 […]