Category: events

Event: EMOHA Festival of Oral History

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On Thursday 30 July, the East Midlands Oral History Archive are organising an afternoon showcase of oral history work going on around the region.

Speakers

  • James McSharry from NHS@70, a UK-wide oral history project which kicked off last year to mark 70 years of the National Health Service.
  • Jan Reynolds from Adverse Camber Arts will be speaking about their Moon Stories project which celebrated 50 years of the moon landings through oral history and arts.
  • Tonya Outram from Nottingham Trent University guides us through Textile Tales, which collected stories about the decline of the East Midlands textile industries from 1980 to 2005.
  • Wajid Yaseen from Modus Arts introduces Tape Letters , a project which shines light on the practice of recording and sending messages on cassette tape as a mode of communication by Pakistanis who migrated and settled in the UK between 1960-1980.
  • Lesley Owen-Jones joins us from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to talk about oral history and funding in this time of pandemic.

TICKETS ARE LIMITED! Register here.

The East Midlands Oral History Archive collects and looks after oral history collections from across the region. It also offers training and advice in oral history practice. It is part of the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester.

IHR Online Events

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The Institute of Historical Research is running a number of free online events over the next few months that may be of interest to local studies staff. Some of their seminar program is also running online. Attending could be a good way to update knowledge and contribute to CPD. Here are some highlights:

Upcoming Events

History Librarians Workshop

18 June 2020, 1:30PM – 3:00PM. URL: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/history-librarians-workshop

Layers of London Webinar: Documenting Windrush Arrivals

22 June 2020, 4:00PM – 5:00PM. URL: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/layers-london-webinar-documenting-windrush-arrivals

Layers of London and Newington Green Meeting House present: Working Women (Past and Present)

25 June 2020, 5:00PM – 6:00PM. URL: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/online-layers-london-and-newington-green-meeting-house-present-working-women-past-and

Seminars

The following seminars are running as online meetings:

  • Architectural History
  • British History in the 17th Century
  • British History in the Long 18th Century
  • History of Gardens and Landscapes
  • Parliaments, Politics and People

Check for details here: https://www.history.ac.uk/search-events?search=&date-range%5B0%5D=&date-range%5B1%5D=&page=1

Black Country Studies Research Network II: Black Country Landscapes

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In February, the Black Country Studies Research Network are holding their second event on on the theme of landscapes. Five talks and a forum will explore the distinctive natural and man-made landscape of the Black Country.

The Network is a new partnership between the University of Wolverhampton and the Black Country Living Museum. GLAM professionals are welcome, as are students and independent researchers.

Further details

Date: Thu, 20 February 2020

Time: 19:00 – 21:00 GMT

Location: Black Country Living Museum

Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-country-studies-research-network-ii-black-country-landscapes-tickets-86498612679

Welwyn Garden City 100: how local studies can help

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Are you interested in the history and heritage of garden cities? Or are you planning for Welwyn Garden City’s centenary next year?

Come and find out about the archive and local studies collections for Hertfordshire and how they can help you.

Refreshments will be served at the start of the event.  This event is free, but book a place here.

When 

2 November 2019 at 10:00 – 12:00 

Venue 

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

Register Office Block

County Hall

Hertford

Hertfordshire

SG13 8EJ

Exhibition: Regional Radical Press in Britain 1968-88

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This Saturday, as part of Bristol’s Radical History Festival, people will be able to view examples from the heyday of the radical press in Britain (c.1968-88) and explore an interactive map. The exhibition is part of the work of Recovering the Regional Radical Press in Britain 1968-88, a project based at the Regional History Centre, UWE Bristol.

The project is interested in hearing from anyone who can provide information on titles and their whereabouts. Come along to the exhibition, or contribute information via their website.

Date: Sat 12th Oct, 2019
Venue: M Shed, BS1 4RN
Price: Free
With: Steve Poole
Series: Bristol Radical History Festival 2019

Study Day: using manorial documents for local and family history research

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The next Oxfordshire Local History Association study day will be on using manorial documents for local and family history. The day will include the launch of the Oxfordshire Manorial Documents Register. The National Archives and partners have been working on revising and computerising the Manorial Documents Register on a county by county basis. The Register provides listings and descriptions of manorial documents held publicly and privately. Manorial documents can be a rich source of information on places and often contain court rolls, surveys, maps and terriers. 

Title: Using manorial documents for local and family history research

Date: Saturday 16 November 2019 

Location: New College, Oxford

Further details and booking: here.

Mapping the Town: 50 Years of the British Historic Towns Atlas

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Plan of Oxford from circa 1900, Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904). Via Wikicommons.

It is 50 years since the publication of the first volume of the British Historic Towns Atlas project.

In celebration, the Historic Towns Trust (HTT) and the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education are holding a day-school in Oxford which will be of interest to many local studies librarians and archivists.

Title: Mapping the Town: 50 Years of the British Historic Towns Atlas

Date: Saturday October 12th

There will be talks on the town atlases of Oxford, York and Winchester, as well as the history of the project.

Further details and programme: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/mapping-the-town-50-years-of-the-british-historic-towns-atlas?code=O19P265LHJ







Booking now open for the CILIP BAME Network inaugural meeting

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Booking is now open for the CILIP BAME Network inaugural meeting being held at University College London on 12th September: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1267714&group=

The Network was established earlier this year to support all black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) library and information workers, regardless of whether they hold CILIP membership or not. 

The event is free to attend and will be a valuable opportunity for BAME workers to hear from inspiring speakers, connect with a support network and to feedback to the BAME Network on what they’d like from the Network. 

We’d really appreciate allies promoting this event and to support and encourage BAME colleagues to attend this event. The Allies Forum will hold a separate launch event at a later date – please watch this space. 

Saving Your Sounds: An introduction to preserving and using sound collections.

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This free event will look at conserving and using sound recordings. This will interest any local history group or museum, library, archive or individual that holds sound recordings or is thinking of working with old sound recordings. It is organised by the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage Midlands Hub  and the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA), with support from the Oral History Society.

Date and time: Tuesday 9th July from 10am–3.30pm.

To register contact Colin Hyde on ch38@le.ac.uk or tel: 0116 229 7358. If you want lunch please state if you have any particular dietary requirements.

Location: Ogden Lewis seminar rooms, David Wilson Library, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH

Maps and directions can be found here – http://www.le.ac.uk/maps/ . The nearest public car park is the Granville Rd/Victoria Park car park, while the campus is a 20 minute walk from the train station.

Provisional Timetable

09.30-10.00         Tea/coffee/registration.

10.00-10.20         Introductions from Colin Hyde of the UOSH project. Updates from Helen Foster of EMOHA and Cynthia Brown of the OHS.

10.20-11.00         Why the UOSH project has been set up. What sound recordings exist in the region and why they are ‘at risk’? What will we be doing?

11.00-11.45         The history and identification of recording formats with hands-on examples.

11.45-12.00         Tea/coffee break.

12.00-12.45         Preservation of formats. A guide to digitisation.

12.45-13.30         Lunch (provided).

13.30-14.15         Cataloguing your sound recordings. Hints and tips.

14.15-14.30         Tea/coffee break.

14.30-15.15         Using the archives – ideas for what to do with your sound recordings. Learning and engagement.

15.15-15.30         Summing up/close with option of a look at the digitisation studio.