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Thursday 9 May at 5pm in Templeman Lecture Theatre (reception to follow) Professor Kenneth Fincham, Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History, University of Kent will be speaking on Charles II, Conformity, Toleration and Supremacy. Further details are available by clicking here.
Tuesday 14 May at 6pm (drinks reception from 5.30pm) Annual Becket Lecture in The Michael Berry Lecture Theatre, Old Sessions House, CCCU CT1 1PL. Professor Elisabeth van Houts (University of Cambridge) will be speaking on ‘Empress Matilda (d. 1167) and Archbishops in Twelfth-Century Germany, France and England’. Professor van Houts will explore archiepiscopal behaviour during the career of Matilda from child bride and widow in Germany and uncrowned queen regnant England to her second widowhood and retirement in Normandy when she championed Thomas Becket. The lecture is free and all welcome.
Thursday 16 May at 7pm in Newton, Ng07, CCCU campus, the joint CKHH and FCAT lecture to be given by Dr Catriona Cooper (Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities, CCCU). Entitled ‘Beyond the visual: digital sensory past’, Dr Cooper will examine how digital approaches have opened up routes into exploring sensory pasts in new and exciting ways. Her talk will discuss two approaches to opening up our understanding of sensorial experience of the past: auralisation and 3D printing, using case studies from Kent and further afield. All are welcome, FCAT members £2, visitors £3, and the lecture is free to students.
Thursday 16 May at 7pm in Bridge Village Hall. “Historical Maps of Canterbury” by Dr Alex Kent. “The new Historical Map of Canterbury was published by the Historic Towns Trust in 2021 in a joint venture with Canterbury Archaeological Trust and Canterbury Christ Church University. This talk explains the cartographic aspects of bringing this new visualisation of the city to life and outlines the plans for its future”. Admission £4 on the door.
More local events of possible interest are advertised on the Centre for Kent History and Heritage webpage.
Saturday September 30th 2023 10:30am – 6:30pm. TO BE REARRANGED BECAUSE OF RAIL STRIKE Powell Lecture Theatre (Pg09), Canterbury Christ Church University. Institutional Care through the Ages in Kent. This is a free conference. Booking details at: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/CQCF or contact: sheila.sweetinburgh@canterbury.ac.uk