Staffordshire History Day
Free Online Event via Zoom
7th May 2022
10am - 3:30pm
As many FHSC members also have an interest in neighbouring Staffordshire this event may be of intereest
The Staffordshire History Day is an annual event which brings together historians, researchers, local history societies and members of the public, together with their partners at Keele University and Birmingham University, to explore and discover the stories of the people and places of Staffordshire.
After a two year break Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service are hosting the History Day online for the first time.
You are invited to join via Zoom to celebrate our history and the new Staffordshire History Centre project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Programme
10.00 Welcome and celebration of the Staffordshire History Centre Project - Joanna Terry, Head of Archives and Heritage
10.30 Research Paper: To put all to hazard: Motivations of Gentry Participants at the Battle of Blore Heath - Mark Hinsley, Keele University
10.45 Research Paper: A Moral Weapon: Recreational Reform and Wednesbury Town Hall Organ - Mie Berg, Midlands History Centre, Birmingham University
11.00 Questions
11.15 Break
11.30 Keynote: Forging Ahead – Dr Malcolm Dick in Conversation with Dr Simon Briercliffe
12.15 Victoria County History News - Dr Andrew Sargent, Keele University
12:30 County Archaeology News - Shane Kelleher MCIfA, County Archaeologist
12:45 Lunch
13.45 Welcome back - Joanna Terry, Head of Archives and Heritage
13.50 Keynote: A Case for the Ordinary: Staffordshire Asylums and the patient experience - Lucy Smith, PhD Researcher, Keele University
14.30 Keynote: Staffordshire Enamels: People, Place and Production - Dr John Grayson, Staffordshire University
15.15 Plenary
15.30 Close
Link to register and book your place - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/staffordshire-history-day-tickets-313666824917