Exhibition Archives - KCHH

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…

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…

2026 – Canterbury Medieval Weekend and much more

11 January 2026

As this is the first KCHH blog for 2026, I’m going to outline what will be happening this year involving members of the Kent History Postgraduates (KHP) group, and linking…

Featuring ‘Dover at Night’ and Canterbury Pilgrimage

8 March 2025

We’ll be back at Dover, physically this week on Friday for the ‘Dover at Night’ festival around the town, and because that will form the main part of this week’s…

Kent’s Maritime Communities – past, present and future

12 February 2025

This week it is great to be able to feature one of the CKHH’s Kent History Postgraduates. Grace Conium Parsonage recently submitted her doctoral thesis and has just started in…

Top Ten of 2024

17 December 2024

As promised for this week I’m going to offer what I think were the CKHH highlights of 2024. This year I’m going to try a thematic approach for at least…