Centre for Regional and Local History & Centre for Urban History: Spring 2026 Seminar Series.

All seminars are hybrid (in person in Attenborough 101 and via Teams).

Friday 27 February, 3pm
‘Circles of Resistance: Taking Wales to Greenham and
Carrying Greenham Back Agaer’
Elaine Titcombe (Leicester)

Friday 6 March, 3pm
Broken Clocks, Wet Roads, and Damp Coats: Climate, Weather,
and Materiality in the Irish City, 1880-1920
Erika Hanna (Bristol)

We are very sorry to have to cancel the 6th March seminar by Dr Erika Hanna, who is unable to travel to Leicester due to illness. We plan to reschedule, either after Easter or for the autumn semester of 2026/7.

Friday 20 March, 3pm
‘Seekrits of Sewidge: the map evidence, c. 1870-1920’
Richard Jones (Leicester)

Thursday 26 March, 2pm
‘Protest and the enclosure of urban public space in England
from the late 18th century to the present’
Prof Katrina Navickas (Hertfordshire)