The Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society Lecture Programme.
New Walk Museum, the usual venue for LAHS lectures, will be unavailable for some time due to building work. These lectures and the LAHS AGM will therefore take place in either the Rattray Lecture Theatre at the University of Leicester or Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3, University of Leicester.
Start time is 7.30 pm.
Doors open 7.00 pm.
Refreshments available in advance of the lecture.
Information about car parking will be provided nearer the time.
12 December 2024
‘Leicester: an Anglo-Saxon diocese’ presented by Thomas Vare, PhD student University of Leicester.
Rattray Lecture Theatre at the University of Leicester at 7.30 pm
In the seventh century, Roman and Irish missionaries converted the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity, and the bishopric of the Middle Angles was established, encompassing Leicester and the East Midlands. Its early history is obscure. When was it established? Where was it based? What authority did it have over the region? How did conversion to Christianity impact the East Midlands? Answering even these basic questions is difficult for the early medieval historian, and the evidence gathered to begin to address them forms the basis of this talk.
The following lectures will be held at the Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3, University of
Leicester, LE1 7RH. Information about car parking will be provided nearer the time.
23 January 2025
‘Fieldworkers and Fieldschools: discovering a Roman settlement at Laughton’ presented by Adam Clapton, University of Leicester Archaeological Services.
Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3, University of Leicester at 7:30 pm.
13 February 2025
LAHS Members’ Evening.
Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH.
If you would like to present the results of your research to fellow members, please email lectures@lahs.org.uk with your proposal.
13 March 2025
The Alan and Joan North Memorial Lecture: the life of a Roman soldier and the story of the last battle of Boudica AD 60/61 presented by Eddie Smallwood, historian, author and tour guide,
Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH.
10 April 2025
‘Diet of the Grey family at Bradgate House: bringing together the historical and archaeological evidence’ presented by Rachel Small, University of Leicester Archaeological Services,
Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH.
