{"id":7706,"date":"2020-01-09T14:33:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T14:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/kenthistory\/?p=7706"},"modified":"2020-01-09T16:21:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:21:43","slug":"exciting-times-ahead-becket-canterbury-and-much-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/kenthistory\/exciting-times-ahead-becket-canterbury-and-much-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting times ahead – Becket, Canterbury and much, much more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week I’m exploring what we have planned for 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Rochester Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Happy New Year to all readers of the blog because we are not (quite) into double figures for the date in January. As I said last time, I want to take this opportunity to outline the exciting line-up of events we at the Centre have in store for you in 2020. As in the past we will again be working with several organisations from Canterbury and further afield which is always an exciting prospect. In addition, 2020 will see the publication of articles and books by members of the Centre and associates, including Dr Claire Bartram\u2019s edited collection: Book Culture in Provincial Communities: Contexts for Reading and Writing 1450-1650<\/em> that not only features a chapter by Claire, but also by Dr Gillian Draper and me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15th-century warehouse at Faversham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Even though the Centre is involved in several events linked to Becket 2020, and I\u2019ll come to some of these soon, our flagship this year will be the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2020, which will take place on Friday 3 April to Sunday 5 April. As a taster, on the previous Friday 27 March The Rt Revd & Rt Hon. The Lord Rowan Williams of Oystermouth will give the Annual Becket Lecture on ‘Bede and Canterbury’, further details regarding this lecture will be available shortly, including how to book for this free event. Regarding the Medieval Canterbury Weekend, tickets are selling well and one of Professor Paul Bennett\u2019s (Director of Canterbury Archaeological Trust) guided tours has already sold out. We have a great line-up of excellent speakers drawn from academia and the world of what is often called more popular history, and topics covered range across \u2018Kings & Queens\u2019, \u2018War & Politics\u2019, \u2018Social History\u2019, \u2018The Church\u2019, and \u2018Books & Manuscripts\u2019, moving from the Anglo-Saxon period to the eve of the Reformation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because we have adopted a pick-and-mix system, people can come to find out about what interests them from experts in that particular field. This might be medieval and Elizabethan theatre as seen in its widest forms (Professor John McGavin), or medieval monsters, including dragons (Drs Sophie Page and Diane Heath), or various aspects of King Henry VI (Drs David Starkey and David Grummitt), or exploring fascinating texts and books (Drs Mike Bintley, Sarah James and David Rundle), or examining the lives and legacies of iconic churchmen (Professors Michael Wood and Caroline Barron), and much, much more. For full details, please see the website: https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac\/uk\/medieval-history<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll come back to our conferences in May and June and instead mention lectures that will be coming up in the next few months that the Centre runs with the Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust [FCAT]. The first of these is next Thursday 16 January when Robert Baldwin, who leads the community archaeological project on Anglo-Saxon Lyminge, will be speaking on \u2018Invention and imagination: re-interpreting the early masonry church uncovered in Lyminge during 2019\u2019. As regular readers of the blog will remember, this dig featured in a report last year: https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/kenthistory\/kentish-saints-using-archaeology-texts-and-material-culture\/<\/a> and it was a fascinating visit. Thus, if it sounds interesting to you, please do come to hear Rob at 7pm at CCCU, Newton Ng07. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meeting medieval monsters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The other two lectures with FCAT this spring will\nbe Paul Bennett\u2019s (probably penultimate, although possibly last Frank Jenkins\nLecture) that will be held on Saturday 29 February where he will provide a\nsummary of the Trust\u2019s work and findings over the previous 12 months. And then\nin March we will return to our usual Thursday evening when Nathalie Cohen, Canterbury\nCathedral\u2019s archaeologist, will speak on \u2018Religion and ritual on the River\nThames\u2019, for details see: https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/arts-and-humanities\/events\/arts-and-humanities\/ckhh\/religion-and-ritual-on-the-river-thames.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving on through the year, in May the Centre has a\njoint one-day conference with Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library entitled\n\u2018Church, Saints, and Seals, 1150-1300\u2019 on Monday 18 May. As well as the\nopportunity to hear from several experts on these medieval seals, those\nattending will visit the Cathedral Archives and Conservation Studio. Details\nand how to book can be found at: https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/arts-and-humanities\/events\/arts-and-humanities\/ckhh\/saints-and-seals.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just over a week before that and as part of the 450th<\/sup> Anniversary celebrations for the Manwood almshouses in St Stephen\u2019s Hackington, I\u2019ll be giving a talk on Sir Roger Manwood, his life and times to offer some context for his foundation. The celebrations will include a short play and the event should be great fun and very interesting \u2013 more details to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stone remnant from Becket’s shrine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

June will bring further events and this time with a\nnew partner, the Christopher Marlowe Statue Project. Again, using the idea of a\ntaster, Dr Claire Bartram will give an open, public lecture (booking not\nrequired) on \u2018Performing Husbandry: Book Culture in young Christopher Marlowe\u2019s\nKent\u2019 on the evening of Friday 18th<\/sup> June in Old Sessions House. Then\nthe following day there will be a conference at the same venue entitled \u2018Natural\nHistory of the Sixteenth Century and the Works of Marlowe\u2019, which will also\ninclude a visit to the Cathedral Library to see Gerard\u2019s Herbal<\/em> and other\nsimilar books. For more details and booking, please see: https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/arts-and-humanities\/events\/arts-and-humanities\/ckhh\/natural-history-of-the-16th-century-and-the-works-of-marlowe.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July is marked by the Medieval Pageant, which will\nbe an even larger event than in previous years, with its associated Family\nTrail on Saturday 4th<\/sup> July. As founder partners, the Centre will be\nthere again and probably in St Paul\u2019s church where we were last year, alongside\nAnnie Partridge who organises Canterbury Archaeological Trust\u2019s education and\noutreach activities. This is a taster from last year: https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/kenthistory\/biodiversity-and-medieval-pageant-at-canterbury\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end of August and beginning of September, that is keeping within the 2019\/20 academic year which is where I\u2019ll end this summary, the Centre, under Professor Jackie Eales\u2019 leadership, will be holding a one-day conference on Saturday 5 September linked to the 400-year anniversary of The Mayflower\u2019s voyage to the New World. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sir Roger Manwood’s funeral monument<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the Centre will be holding a series of evening talks from Monday 31 August to Saturday 5th<\/sup> September under the title \u2018Kentish Saints and Martyrs\u2019 at parish churches across the city. Each evening lecture will have a different theme: Dr Sarah James will begin at St Martin\u2019s church on the Monday by exploring what was the cult of saints in the Middle Ages and Dr Rachael Koopmans will conclude the series at St Thomas\u2019 RC church on the Saturday by examining a specific aspect of the early Becket cult. This will form the middle week of a three-week exhibition under the same title at Eastbridge Hospital. During 2020, members of the Centre will be giving conference papers, indeed Diane Heath has been doing this at the Gender and Medieval Studies conference at the University of Swansea this week, as well undertaking their own research, writing and working towards submitting bids for research and outreach funding. Examples of the latter are Louise Wilkinson\u2019s work with academics from Brighton on a bid to Wellcome, I\u2019m working with academics at Southampton and Reading on an AHRC application and Diane is hoping to submit shortly her joint proposal with Penny Bernard to the National Lottery Heritage Fund. In the meantime, I\u2019m continuing to work with other academics on the Leverhulme-funded Gough Map project and the \u2018Maritime Kent through the Ages\u2019 edited collection (Boydell), while Louise is finishing off a Pipe Rolls volume, her new book on Eleanor de Montfort and her impact case study on Magna Carta for the REF. Nor is Canterbury Castle forgotten, and we are all involved with the Friends to try to move towards the re-opening of the keep and grounds. Green Heritage is similarly a live issue, and I shall be working with Professor Peter Vujakovic again as the Sustainability group at CCCU seeks to develop new strategies going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Town and Gown working together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Another regular feature this year will be the\nmonthly Kent History Postgraduate Group meeting, which will begin 2020 with a\npresentation by Dean Irwin, who spent a large part of the Christmas break in Israel\n(work and holiday), and a collaborative session that I\u2019ll lead on re-assessing the\nGough Map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So as you can see things are going to be very busy\nduring 2020 as we move through to the end of the 2019\/20 academic year and we\nhope many readers will be able to join us for at least some of these exciting\nevents. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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