I thought I would start this week by saying that the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2024 is continuing to take a good number of bookings each week and it all looks […]
Medieval Merchants and much more at MCW24
After the excellent lecture by Professor Alan Stewart last week, this week is more a case of looking forward to 2024, although it is also important to note that Dr […]
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 […]
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 […]
Celebrating medieval historians
As the university comes to the end of its Diamond Jubilee year, I thought I would mention Emeritus Professor Peter Vujakovic’s leading role as organiser of The Christ Church Science […]
Lions, Dragons and … Hedgehogs! Announcing the new Medieval Animals Heritage project
Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh is delighted that Dr Diane Heath, Research Fellow in CKHH, has taken over the Centre’s blog this week for some very exciting news! I (Diane) am delighted […]
Medieval Animals, Marc Morris and Kent History Postgraduates – great ideas
I thought I would start by mentioning a Kent matter. The Agricultural Museum Brook (near Wye) will be reopening again for visitors from Saturday 5 June. We at the CKHH […]
Battling ducks, other animals, lych gates and Anglo-Saxons – busy times!
Many apologies to all those who wanted to join the ‘In conversation with Dr Marc Morris’ event on Tuesday evening, we experienced major technical issues just as we were getting […]
Lossenham, community projects and Marc Morris – looking forward
Many congratulations to Dr Claire Bartram for gaining TWO IHR Centenary Partnership Event grants, this is fantastic news: https://www.history.ac.uk/our-century/centenary-partnership-events and please see details below.