Watery Archives: researching the floods of the past alongside the communities of the present Seminars
Wiltshire Victoria County History Volume 20 - completing a Red Book in difficult times and making new links with local communities Seminars
Same roots, different routes: stories of Palatine heritage & homemaking in Irish and American post-migration landscapes Seminars
Symbolising Lace: on recognisability and visibility of lace as heritage craft in Shetland and Haapsalu landscapes Seminars
Creative practice, community, and the street: creative co-productions of place-based identities Seminars
Collaborative Research in the Digital Age: Crowdsourcing the Get to Know Medieval Londoners Project Seminars
Does it have the “it” factor?: Understanding how local landscapes influenced castle-siting decisions Seminars
10 may Another Country: how the English parish shaped a nation If nations are ‘imagined communities’, how has the idea of ‘parish’ contributed to our shared sense of identity and belonging? Wed, 10/05/2023
17 may Levelling up: Histories, Cultures, Challenges What might a cultural history of Levelling Up tell us about the new political narratives being shaped around this agenda? Mon, 17/05/2021
28 apr ‘Deep mapping’ estate archives: exploring new digital methods for analysing estate landscapes, c.1500-1930 Wed, 28/04/2021
13 jan An Introduction to the Records of Early English Drama: Civic London 1558-1642 Project Wed, 13/01/2021
25 nov People, Place and Community Seminar: Challenging histories? Collaboration, community & remembering the bits ‘best’ forgotten Wed, 25/11/2020
11 nov People, Place and Community Seminar: Policing Late-Victorian Lambeth: a police constable's notebook Wed, 11/11/2020
28 oct People, Place and Community Seminar: Bloomsbury Blues: Commemorative Plaques Around the University of London, an online tour Wed, 28/10/2020
14 oct People, Place and Community Seminar: Colonial Countryside: Lessons Learned, Insights Gained Wed, 14/10/2020
02 jun Online Engagement Masterclass: with Layers of London An workshop on effective online engagement, hosted by staff from Layers of London - the IHR's collaborative digital mapping project Tue, 02/06/2020
10 jun Virtual VCH: An Online Mini-Conference Held in June 2020, this half-day conference showcased research projects taking place across the VCH community, with guides to researching local history online. Wed, 10/06/2020
Red Boxes Gallery To celebrate the VCH's 120th anniversary in 2019, counties each filled a special VCH Red Box with objects which tell the history of their place.
People, Place and Community A seminar series hosted by the IHR's Centre for the History of People, Place and Community
25 nov Analysing Historic Settlement In this fourth session Susan Oosthuizen and Angus Winchester discussed the analysis of historic settlement through place names, mapping and the written record. Wed, 25/11/2020
18 nov The National Archives and the Medieval State In this third session Dr Paul Dryburgh from TNA, discussed medieval state, its structure and its records. With a particular focus on local history. Wed, 18/11/2020
09 sep Cartography and Mapping for Publication The first online training sessions by the CHPPC. The VCH team look at cartography and what good and bad historical mapping can do to aid your research. Wed, 09/09/2020
