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Celebrating Kent at MEMS Fest

21 June 2026

I thought because things are currently very busy, it makes sense to report on the latest meeting of the Kent History Postgraduates, the Kent topics in three presentations at MEMS…
Faversham, Canterbury and Sandwich – exploring history and heritage

12 June 2026

Starting with events coming up in June, we have MEMS Fest, which is a celebration of Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent. This will be on…
Catherine Richardson’s Renaissance Lecture

23 May 2026

For this week, Jason Mazzocchi has kindly provided a report on Professor Catherine Richardson’s Renaissance Lecture which took place on Thursday 21 May. Unfortunately, I had to miss it because…
Canterbury Medieval Weekend 2026

8 May 2026

Well, I think we have made a successful transition from Canterbury Christ Church University to the University of Kent for the History Weekends.
Studying conflict in society – medieval to modern

25 April 2026

This week has seen continuing preparations for the Canterbury Medieval Weekend, hence many thanks to Karen Brayshaw and her colleagues in the University’s Special Collections and Archives, to Ryan Perry…
Exciting times – bringing leading historians to Kent

11 April 2026

To start where I left off last time, there has been progress on the exhibition to go with the Canterbury Medieval Weekend, which will be based at the Templeman Special…
Thinking pilgrimage – Canterbury, Eastbridge and Maison Dieu, Dover

26 March 2026

This week marks the installation (in former times called the enthronement) of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury and the first woman to hold that office. As I’m sure you will…
Showcasing medieval studies – from troublesome kings to international trade

11 March 2026

As we are now into the second full week of March, we are less than 2 months away from the Canterbury Medieval Weekend on the 1-3 May.
Medieval Kent – shipbuilding, coins and the Canterbury Blackfriars

25 February 2026

For the last two weeks of February, I have several events to report on involving Canterbury and Kent’s history that I hope will be of interest. These are shipbuilding in…
Exploring aspects of Kent’s past

15 February 2026

Before I come to the main report about the highly successful ‘Exploring Kent History’ day that took place yesterday (Saturday 14th February) in Special Collections and Archives at the University…
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