Conferences and seminars
Sense of Place Seminars
Series 3 (2006-2007)
- Julian Pooley (Surrey History Centre, University of Leicester): "Discovering an Archive of Local History. The Papers of the Nichols Family of Printers and Antiquaries 1745-1873, with Special Reference to Kingston"
- Dr. Eilidh Garrett (Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure): "'. Few and Simple Pleasures: A Comparison of Fertility Behaviour on the Isle of Skye and the Town of Kilmarnock 1861-1901"
- Dr. Alysa Levene (Oxford Brookes University): "Institutional Health and Welfare Support for Poor Children in Eighteen-Century Towns"
Series 2 (2005)
- Professor Jerry White (Birkbeck College and Middlesex University): "Trouble in Arcadia: Community and Conflict in London's Suburbs from 1840 to the Present Day"
- Dr. John Seed (Roehampton University): "'Limehouse Blues': Looking for 'Chinatown' in the London Docks 1900-1940"
- Dr. Eddy Higgs (University of Essex): "Identifying People in the Past: From Community Recognition to State Surveillance"
Series 1 (2003-2004)
- Professor Alun Howkins (University of Sussex): "The Great Depression in Inter-War Britain: A View From the Shires"
- Dr. Mark Clapson (University of Westminster): "Sociology and Suburbia: The Intellectuals and the Suburban Masses in England and the USA Since the 1950s"
- Professor Penny Corfield (Royal Holloway, University of London): "An English County Capital in an Age of Change: Norwich in the 18th and 19th Centuries"
The History Conference for Schools
The Conference is an annual event in which school children from regional schools are invited to a History 'Taster Day', where they are involved in the history student experience. They take part in history lectures and activities at which they acquire and reinforce some of the skills necessary for the historian.
Activities include looking at history from different perspectives and through a range of sources. A major aspect of the day is that they critically examine primary sources, identifying significant information and drawing initial conclusions.
The Conference ends with a discussion on Why Study History, the skills acquired by the historian and career possibilities.
The Conference is run by Annie Sullivan on behalf of Kingston University's History department and in conjunction with Education Liaison department.
