Centre for Regional and Local History & Centre for Urban History Autumn 2024 Seminar Series
The Centre for Regional and Local History and Centre for Urban History have joined forces this year to present a joint seminar series, which will take place fortnightly alternating between Thursday and Friday afternoons. All talks will be in-person in Att 101 (CRLH library) or via a Teams link available upon request.
Thursday 3 October, 2pm
‘Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Peter Fryers Black History classic Staying Power’ – Gaverne Bennett (Leicester) – Presented as part of Black History Month in partnership with the University of Leicester Heritage Hub – THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Friday 18 October, 3pm
‘Reimagining Leicester’s black spaces: Using women’s memories of interracial romantic relationships to expand our understanding of the origins of everyday British multiculturalism between 1960 and 1990’ –
Dr Sue Bishop (Leicester) – Presented as part of Black History Month in partnership with the University of Leicester Heritage Hub
Friday 1 November, 3pm
‘Reinventing the town: How Colchester used the past in its place marketing activities in the long-nineteenth century‘ – Dr Mike Sewell (Manchester Metropolitan)
Thursday 14 November, 2pm
‘See the Carnival. See the Camera Man. See Yourself on the Screen’: Newsreels and local consumer-citizenship in inter-war Britain’ – Dr Conner Scott (Leicester)
Friday 22 November, 3pm
‘”One can hardly believe that a great city ever flourished in this spot”: the construction of ancient Memphis’ – Dr Rober Frost (Leicester)
Thursday 5 December, 2pm
‘Unpacking the Dryad ‘Handicrafts’ collection : towards a global movement of ‘arts and crafts’ in Leicester’ – Maria Chiara Scuderi (Leicester). In addition to the talk on 5 December Maria has organised a visit to the Dryad exhibition at the Museum for anyone in attendance at the talk who would like to join. There’s no need to book or RSVP. Maria will lead everyone over to the museum (by foot), so for those interested they can just bear this in mind and plan their afternoon accordingly. The talk and Q&A will finish by 3:15, and the hands-on session will end approximately around 4:20. See Dryad Collection for more information.
All seminars are hybrid: In person Attenborough room 101, or via Teams
Email Angela Muir (am1074@le.ac.uk) or Roey Sweet (rhs4@leicester.ac.uk) for Teams link or with any queries about the seminar series
