As well as various meetings, Professor Louise Wilkinson was heavily involved this Friday and Saturday with the ‘Rebellion in Medieval Europe’ conference which has drawn an international band of scholars […]
Conferences, Medieval Canterbury and Alice Roberts
Having led a guided walk around ‘early medieval Canterbury’ for delegates on the second day at the ‘Negotiating Power in the Early Middle Ages’ conference organised by Charlotte Liebelt, with […]
The Gough Map – asking new questions
It really will be a short blog this week because it is in some ways a slight breather before a very hectic time next week that has several meetings, two […]
Dover’s Tudor harbour defences and Canterbury conferences
Last week the blog was exceptionally long so this week it will be shorter and will comprise a brief report on the lecture given by Jon Iveson (head of Dover […]
Yews, Jews, Aliens and Canterbury World Heritage Site – a busy week
Today we reached ‘Y’ in the Heritage A – Z so if you would like to find out about the difference between Irish and English yews, then check this out: […]
Celebrating Canterbury history exhibition by CCCU Masters students
Professor Peter Vujakovic’s brainchild, the Heritage A – Z, has now reached ‘Q’ is for Queen Eleanor of Provence, and you can read a fascinating piece by Professor Louise Wilkinson, […]
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 […]
Medieval Bestiaries before J.K. Rowling’s ‘Fantastic Beasts’
This is just a short piece before we come to our busiest weekend of the year. Preparations are continuing and we are looking forward to meeting all our great speakers […]