Digital connections: new methodologies for British history, 1500-1900

Event type: 
Workshop
Date: 
31 March 2011

A workshop introducing two major new digital resources, Connected Histories and Mapping Crime

1.00-1.15 - Welcome and introduction

1.15-1.55 - Tim Hitchcock (University of Hertfordshire)
                  Towards a history lab for the digital past

1.55-2.05 - Break

2.05-3.30 - Connected Histories for research - parallel workshops

                  1500-1700 - facilitated by Peter Webster (Institute of Historical Research)
                  1700-1900 - facilitated by Bob Shoemaker (University of Sheffield)

3.30-3.45 - Tea and coffee

3.45-4.30 - David Tomkins (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford)
                  Mapping Crime: making connections and exploring narratives in 18th- and 19th-century crime material

Keynote address

4.45-5.15 - David Thomas (The National Archives)
                  Let a hundred flowers bloom - is digital a cultural revolution?

5.15 - Reception

To register, just email the contact below.

Organiser(s): 
Institute of Historical Research, University of Hertfordshire, University of Sheffield. The workshop is funded by JISC.
Event Location: 
Wolfson and Pollard Rooms, Institute of Historical Research
University of London, Senate House
London WC1E 7HU
United Kingdom
Registration details
Registration deadline: 
24 March 2011
Registration is free. Places for the workshop are limited, but the keynote address will be open to a larger audience.
Contact details
Jane Winters
jane.winters@sas.ac.uk