archaeology

Articles tagged with the category: archaeology

Dover’s Tudor harbour defences and Canterbury conferences

31 May 2019

Last week the blog was exceptionally long so this week it will be shorter and will comprise a brief report on the lecture given by Jon Iveson (head of Dover…

Yews, Jews, Aliens and Canterbury World Heritage Site – a busy week

25 May 2019

Today we reached ‘Y’ in the Heritage A – Z so if you would like to find out about the difference between Irish and English yews, then check this out:…

Celebrating Canterbury history exhibition by CCCU Masters students

17 May 2019

Professor Peter Vujakovic’s brainchild, the Heritage A – Z, has now reached ‘Q’ is for Queen Eleanor of Provence, and you can read a fascinating piece by Professor Louise Wilkinson,…

Paul Bennett, Canterbury UNESCO and Jayne Wackett

9 May 2019

Last night a packed lecture theatre of students, staff and the public were treated to a great lecture by Paul Bennett, Visiting Professor of Archaeology in the Centre for Kent…

Canterbury’s UNESCO World Heritage Site and Medieval Faversham

1 May 2019

Last week I was in Belfast giving a paper at Queen’s on ‘Starting a new life in Ricardian and Henrician Canterbury’ at the ‘Migration to the Margin’ conference, while Dr…

Tudors and Stuarts 2019 and Cinque Ports workshop

7 April 2019

Quite a bit of time this week has been taken up with getting ready for the Tudors and Stuarts 2019 on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 April, and this will…

Becket 2020, Cluniac rituals and the Cod’s revenge

1 April 2019

We are now gearing up for the Tudors and Stuarts History Weekend on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 April. I have recruited a great group of postgraduates and undergraduates who…

Princeton and Canterbury – bringing historians together

14 March 2019

Before I get to news of events next week, including the William Somner conference on Saturday 23 March, and a report on the Kent History Postgraduates meeting, I have a…

Mapping places and spaces in Canterbury and Faversham

9 March 2019

Before I get to the book launch and a meeting on mapping Faversham through time, I thought I would mention that the CCCU Kent History Postgraduates will be holding their…

Folkestone, Faversham and Canterbury – medieval saints and other matters

2 March 2019

Now that we are in March, I thought this week I would start with news of the book launch next Thursday which features Gender in Medieval Places, Spaces and Thresholds,…


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