New Voices in Midland History Conference – June 2026.

10.00AM – 4.00PM, Saturday, 6 June 2026.
National Civil War Centre – Newark Museum,
14 Appleton Gate, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1JY

All those researching the history of the Midlands are welcome to attend.

Keynote speaker Waseem Ahmed (UCL) on  The Civil Wars in 100 Objects.

Waseem is an advanced PhD student at UCL writing a thesis on loyalty and popular politics in 1650s England and a teaching assistant at UCL and KCL. He holds a BA and MA from University of Birmingham and has had a research fellowship at LMU Munich. He is co-editing a volume entitled “Christopher Hill and the English Revolution”, which includes his chapter ‘Loyalty, radicals and the English Republics.’