AHRC Collaborative Research Training Scheme (National Category)

This new AHRC-funded programme will offer research students an opportunity to acquire and develop skills relating to the study of historical landscapes, urban and rural. A series of free training events will address key themes relating to the understanding of the historic environment, ensuring best practice in fieldwork, use of documentary sources, other material evidence, and relevant IT packages. The programme is designed to cater for research students from a range of disciplines, including history, archaeology, architectural history and geography.

Specific aims of the programme include:

• Providing students with insights into the range of archival sources available, and how they can inform the study of the development of landscapes and townscapes
• Through fieldwork and rural and urban case studies, equip students with the visual and interpretative skills for ‘reading’ the historic environment, particularly the study of building forms, settlement patterns, and the spatial dimensions of urban development
• Provide students with key skills relating to the use of material evidence, archaeological datasets, and site reports
• Provide training in the use of databases and GIS for urban and rural history, particularly the study of land use, urban/rural topography, and the analysis of data relating to processes of urbanisation

Students attending each event will receive an information pack containing handouts, bibliographies and guides, plus access to online resources relating to the topics covered.

A maximum of 25 places are available for each event. Priority will be given to research students registered at UK universities. Registration is free, and travel expenses up to a maximum of £80 per return journey per event will be paid on production of a receipt. Accommodation will be provided at the University of Leiecster for the 2-day event on 3-4 June 2010.

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The programme is a collaboration between the Institute of Historical Research, University of London; the University of Leicester (Centres for Urban and English Local History); London Metropolitan Archives; and English Heritage.

For further details please contact Dr Simon Trafford, Institute of Historical Research