I shall start this week with a note of congratulations to Dr Dessoy, whose doctoral thesis is now complete and the next event will be her graduation. Thus, well done […]
Top Ten of 2024
As promised for this week I’m going to offer what I think were the CKHH highlights of 2024. This year I’m going to try a thematic approach for at least […]
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 […]
Kent: Hop-picking and Dover’s Maison Dieu
This is yet again a busy week for staff and postgraduates associated with CKHH – as well as Kent, I’ll be in Yorkshire and Somerset, which means paradoxically I’m intending […]
MHS 24 and KAS Historic Buildings – the CKHH out and about in Kent
Last Saturday was extremely busy for staff and postgraduates of the Centre for Kent History and Heritage because we were heavily involved in two major History events in Kent and […]
Michael Wood’s Becket Lecture and other gems in Kent
Before I come to the main section of the blog this week on Michael Wood’s brilliant Becket Lecture on Theodore of Tarsus and Hadrian, ‘A Man of African Race’, I […]
Event preparations in Dover and Canterbury
This week is more about preparations for events rather than the events themselves, although Dr Diane Heath was at Dover Castle today (Thursday) for a ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ Dungeons and […]
From Tonbridge to Tenterden via Dover and Canterbury – research and outreach in Kent
For news of upcoming CKHH events: Dr Diane Heath’s NLHF- funded ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ Skin and Bone, Wood and Stone conference; my ‘Kent’s Maritime Communities’ Working with Wills workshops and […]
Kent History Postgraduates, the Lossenham Project and Kent’s Maritime Communities
This week I want to report on the first meeting of 2022 for the Kent History Postgraduates group as well as a meeting of the Lossenham Project wills group in […]