The VCH hosts a seminar that discusses the themes and historiography of local and regional history every alternate Tuesday at the IHR during term time.
The seminar meets at 5.15pm in the Ecclesiastical Room.
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FINAL SEMINAR CANCELLED
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Dr. Nick Mansfield (National Museum of Labour History)
Foxhunting and the Yeomanry: county identity and military culture
Dr. Mansfield is Director of the National Museum of Labour History. This paper traced the county yeomanry and its shared cultural relationship with hunting over the last two hundred years.
Pam Fisher (University of Leicester)
"The People's Choice": the election of country coroners c1785-1850.
Pam Fisher is a doctoral candidate with the Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Dr. Susie West (English Heritage)
Hardwick Old Hall, Derbyshire; house/ruin/vistor attraction
Dr. West is Senior Properties Historian within the Properties Presentation Department of English Heritage, responsible for curating and presenting the 411 properties in the care of English Heritage open to the public.
Dr G.K. Brandwood (Chairman, The Victorian Society)
Theme of paper: public houses.
Since the 1960s the type of public houses that evolved in the 19th and early 20th century have been utterly transformed by new commercial and social pressures. Less than 200 pubs remain largely unchanged from before the Second World War and this seminar examined how they and their vanished counterparts were designed and built.
Dr. Paul Readman (King's College London)
Commemorating the Past in Edwardian Hampshire: King Alfred, Pageantry and Empire
Dr. Readman is Lecturer in Modern British History and has published articles on electoral politics, landscape preservation, the politics of patriotism, and the place of the past in late Victorian and Edwardian culture. He is in the process of completing a book on land reform in late 19th and early 20th century British politics.
Convenors: Professor John Beckett, Professor Matthew Cragoe, Dr Carol Davidson-Cragoe, Dr. Christopher Miele, Dr Alan Thacker, Dr Chris Thornton, Dr Andrew Wareham, Elizabeth Williamson
Seminar Secretary: Julie Moore
The convenors are happy to acknowledge the support offered by Dr Christopher Miele, representing
This seminar welcomes all those who are interested in the relationship between local and national history and who wish to share ideas, viewpoints and work in progress. It seeks to make an original contribution to local and regional history by drawing upon the long-established national resources of the VCH and co-operating with participants from universities, record offices, local history societies and heritage organisations, as well as with those engaged in independent research.
If you would like to join our e-mailing list, please contact Juliepmoore@aol.com
