CENTRE FOR REGIONAL AND LOCAL HISTORY & CENTRE FOR URBAN HISTORY SEMINARS

The Centre for Regional and Local History and Centre for Urban History have joined forces to present a joint seminar series, which will take place fortnightly alternating between Thursday and Friday afternoons. All talks will be in-person in Att 101 (CRLH library) or via a Teams link available upon request.


Friday 17 January, 3pm

‘Colonial City as an Austere City: Insights from Sanitary Modernization of Colonial Madras’

Dr Viswanathan Venkataraman (KCL)


Thursday 30 January, 2pm

‘No More Living on Top of the Works: Housing, Commuting and Social Life in Post-War Welsh Steel Communities’

Prof Louise Miskell (Swansea)


Thursday 13 February, 2pm

The Book that Changed My Life: Discovering the Archive of John Nichols (1745-1826), author of the History and Antiquities of the Town and County of Leicester

Julian Pooley (Surrey History Centre & CRLH)


Friday 28 February, 3pm

‘Quest for a Cohesive Diaspora African Community: Reliving Historic Experiences by Zimbabweans in Britain’

Dr Christopher Roy Zembe (De Montfort)


Thursday 13 March, 2pm

‘Almost Urban? Approaching the Archaeology of Small Town Life in Medieval England’

Prof Ben Jervis (Leicester)


All seminars are hybrid: In person Attenborough room 101, or via Teams

Email Angela Muir (am1074@le.ac.uk) or Roey Sweet (rhs4@leicester.ac.uk) for Teams link or with any queries about the seminar series