Articles from 2023
December
Looking back at CKHH highlights in 2023
19 December 2023
We now have more on the ckhh website thanks to Ben Cornwell which means if you want to see our previous History Weekends, they are now all up except for…
MCW24 goes live plus Dover’s Maison Dieu
14 December 2023
First and foremost, the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2024 is now up and you can see the programme with links to the booking pages at: https://ckhh.org.uk/mcw and you can also reach…
Finding ‘Medieval Animals’ in Canterbury
7 December 2023
Still some finishing touches to the new CKHH website but the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2024 details are all on it which means I’m still very hopeful that the website can…
November
Medieval Merchants and much more at MCW24
29 November 2023
After the excellent lecture by Professor Alan Stewart last week, this week is more a case of looking forward to 2024, although it is also important to note that Dr…
Sandwich and the Arrival of the Strangers – exploring processes in history
22 November 2023
Last night (Tuesday 21 November) we were treated to a fascinating case study by Professor Alan Stewart concerning how the Strangers came to Sandwich in Elizabeth I’s reign. Consequently, this…
‘Beastly Latinists’ and the Unicorn at Canterbury
18 November 2023
Now to the second blog for the week to clear the decks for Professor Alan Stewart’s lecture on Tuesday 21 November at 5pm in The Michael Berry Lecture Theatre, Old…
Tudor Kent – at Sandwich and Lossenham
16 November 2023
For the benefit of those reading the blog for the first time as well as a reminder to regular readers, the next CKHH event will be on Tuesday, so please…
More on the Cinque Ports – exploring maritime communities
9 November 2023
I thought I would let you know that Dr Catriana Cooper’s FCAT/CKHH lecture has been rescheduled for mid-May next year and there will be details in the blog nearer the…
Aliens and Strangers – more exploration of Kent sources
1 November 2023
Stop press! An update from yesterday, we have decided due to current conditions and the weather forecast for today to postpone Dr Catrinia Cooper’s FCAT/CKHH Lecture this evening. It will…
October
Medway History Showcase 23 plus upcoming events
24 October 2023
Apologies about the absence of the CKHH blog but IT at CCCU ‘lost’ all the university’s blogs again on Friday 13 October and everything ground to a halt while they…
Exciting Kent presentations and the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2024 to come
12 October 2023
I thought I would start by again drawing your attention to the Medway History Showcase on Saturday 21 October. To book your free tickets go to: Royal Engineers Museum Tickets,…
Medway and Canterbury and the built environment – interesting parallels
4 October 2023
Stop Press! The FREE tickets for the Medway History Showcase on Saturday 21 October are available to book at: Royal Engineers Museum Tickets, Products, Membership Plans – Buy Online (digitickets.co.uk)…
September
Nightingale Lecture and other events
28 September 2023
Very important: the ‘Institutional Care in Kent’ conference scheduled for this Saturday 30 September has had to be postponed due to the rail strike, unforeseen issues relating to catering and…
Exploring history – exciting times in Canterbury
20 September 2023
Next week is going to be very busy because not only is it the first week of term but we have the Nightingale Lecture on Tuesday evening, the Aphra Behn…
Aphra Behn and other exciting events in Kent
14 September 2023
Again this week I’m primarily going to focus on upcoming events in September by adding the AHRC Aphra Behn project launch to the Nightingale Lecture and Institutional Care through the…
August at Dover, Faversham and Rochester, plus more in September
8 September 2023
Now that we are in September, even though in somewhat of a heatwave, I thought I would start with a short piece this week. Firstly, the ‘lost’ blogs from June…
The 5th lost blog: Medieval Animals conference part 2
6 September 2023
Just to say that I have now found the fifth lost blog and therefore it gives me great pleasure to bring back in some form the blog written by Dr…
The eighth and hopefully the last lost blog: Eastbridge Hospital and much more
6 September 2023
Just as an alert to regular blog readers, this is the last CKHH blog until it restarts early in September. Not that this means we aren’t doing anything over August.…
The seventh lost blog: Life in Tudor Dover and other gems from the archives
6 September 2023
After the excitement of Michael Wood, it is a more local focus this week, but hopefully no less interesting for that. Consequently, before I come to the exhibition and workshops…
This is the 6th lost blog: Michael Wood’s Becket Lecture
6 September 2023
Just to explain, the blog ‘Looking forward and catching up with ‘Medieval Animals” from early July (number 5) is currently completely ‘gone’ until I recover the Word file on which…
The fourth lost blog: Medieval Animals conference part 1
6 September 2023
Unfortunately, I’m going to have to miss tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday, including the Canterbury Medieval Pageant, and today I was partly at the Faculty conference and therefore missed quite a…
The third lost blog: exciting Kent history events coming up!
6 September 2023
This week is more about preparations for events rather than the events themselves because we have a very full week next week, the week after similarly, and it doesn’t get…
Second lost blog: exploring Kent’s medieval past
6 September 2023
For news of upcoming CKHH events: Dr Diane Heath’s NLHF- funded ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ Skin and Bone, Wood and Stone conference; my ‘Kent’s Maritime Communities’ Working with Wills workshops and…
The first of the lost blogs: Kent History Showcase at Dover
6 September 2023
Before I get to the KAS Kent History Showcase at Dover Museum and Market Square last Saturday 3 June, I’m going to bring you news about Dr Diane Heath’s NLHF…
July
Exploring heritage in Dover, Canterbury and east Kent
26 July 2023
Just as an alert to regular blog readers, this is the last CKHH blog until it restarts early in September. Not that this means we aren’t doing anything over August.…
Exploring Dover and Kent in Tudor times
20 July 2023
After the excitement of Michael Wood, it is a more local focus this week, but hopefully no less interesting for that. Consequently, before I come to the exhibition and workshops…
Michael Wood’s Becket Lecture and other gems in Kent
13 July 2023
Before I come to the main section of the blog this week on Michael Wood’s brilliant Becket Lecture on Theodore of Tarsus and Hadrian, ‘A Man of African Race’, I…
Looking forward and catching up with ‘Medieval Animals’
6 July 2023
Before I get to Diane’s and Caz’s contributions on ‘Skin and Bone, Wood and Stone – Round 2!’, I thought I would report that after a short trip to the…
June
Celebrating ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’
29 June 2023
Unfortunately, I’m going to have to miss tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday, including the Canterbury Medieval Pageant, and today I was partly at the Faculty conference giving a presentation on migration…
Event preparations in Dover and Canterbury
22 June 2023
This week is more about preparations for events rather than the events themselves, although Dr Diane Heath was at Dover Castle today (Thursday) for a ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ Dungeons and…
From Tonbridge to Tenterden via Dover and Canterbury – research and outreach in Kent
15 June 2023
For news of upcoming CKHH events: Dr Diane Heath’s NLHF- funded ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ Skin and Bone, Wood and Stone conference; my ‘Kent’s Maritime Communities’ Working with Wills workshops and…
Kent History Showcase, plus future events
8 June 2023
Before I get to the KAS Kent History Showcase at Dover Museum and Market Square last Saturday 3 June, I’m going to bring you news about Dr Diane Heath’s NLHF…
Discovering Dover and east Kent in the company of experts
1 June 2023
Just a quick update, bookings for the Becket Lecture are going well, so if you are new to the CKHH blog and are interested in hearing the acclaimed historian Michael…
May
Events linked to Dover and Canterbury
25 May 2023
Before I get to what has been happening in the last seven days, I’ll just highlight again what is coming up during half-term week beginning with this Saturday – two…
Becket Lecture and much, much more!
17 May 2023
This week has seen more preparatory work for CKHH events and for those where the Centre is involved, whether as joint organiser and/or active participant. Of these, I want to…
Future events and Tudor Dover
10 May 2023
This week should be much shorter because the main feature is the presentation by Kieron Hoyle to the Kent History Postgraduates group. Otherwise, I’m going to mention several events that…
Tudors and Stuarts 2023 – celebrating history!
4 May 2023
This week I’m going to focus exclusively on Tudors & Stuarts 2023, but first a date for your diaries. The Kent History Showcase 2023, organised by KAS, the Maison Dieu…
April
Upcoming Tudors and Stuarts, plus St George and Kent Maps
26 April 2023
In addition to Tudors & Stuarts 2023 which is coming up THIS weekend – see #TS2023 – thanks very much Craig for a great window display in the CCCU Bookshop,…
Kent History Postgraduates and future events
20 April 2023
It is now just over a week until the Tudors & Stuarts 2023 History Weekend which will start at 7pm on Friday 28 April with Professor Catherine Richardson’s fascinating lecture…
Exciting Future Events and Medieval Animals
12 April 2023
Exciting news and wholly appropriate just after Easter, for the Becket Lecture in 2023 will be given on Tuesday 11 July by Michael Wood, the acclaimed author of In Search…
Mapping and Medieval Animals – an exciting Easter
5 April 2023
For this short lead-up to the Easter Weekend, I’m going to begin with two items relating to the Kent Maps Online project run by Professor Carolyn Oulton, Michelle Crowther and…
March
More Tudors and Stuarts 2023 and material culture
29 March 2023
As I said last week, I’ll use these two blogs to weave my way through the amazing lectures we have for Tudors & Stuarts 2023 this year. So if you…
Tudors & Stuarts 2023 and other centuries – celebrating diversity
23 March 2023
As we are just over a month away from the Tudors & Stuarts 2023 History Weekend, I thought I would use part of the blog this week and next week…
Canterbury Seals Day – looking to the past, present and future
16 March 2023
This week is a mix of past, present and future in that I’m mainly going to report on the ‘Church, Saints and Seals, 1150-1300’ conference that took place last weekend,…
Researching Kent History – sharing exciting discoveries
9 March 2023
This week I want to draw you attention to a couple of ‘call for papers’ opportunities, but first I thought I would mention the ‘Church, Saints and Seals, 1150–1300’ study…
Canterbury – medieval hospitals and Tudors & Stuarts 2023
2 March 2023
Before I get to Tudors & Stuarts 2023, as well as Dr John Williams’ FCAT/CKHH lecture, an exciting meeting that took in TWO medieval hospitals, while Dr Diane Heath took…
February
Medieval Animals Heritage and Exploring the Lives of People in the Past
23 February 2023
I thought I would start with a couple of things from Dr Diane Heath’s NHLF-funded ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ project. Firstly, she said they had a great time in Canterbury Cathedral…
Kent’s Material Culture – from relics to texts
17 February 2023
Some of you may remember the NHLF-funded ‘Finding Eanswythe’ project that was run by people from History and Archaeology at CCCU with Dr Andrew Richardson: https://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenthistory/st-eanswythe-found-folkestones-anglo-saxon-saint/ Well the same team…
Getting involved in Kent History projects
9 February 2023
Before I get to Professor Ken Dark’s KAS/CKHH lecture and the Kent History Postgraduates catch-up meeting, I thought I would draw your attention to the ‘Church, Saints and Seals, 1150–1300’…
Exploring Past Lives in Kent and Canterbury
1 February 2023
I thought that I would share some very exciting news with you. This week marks the launch of a new website at https://maritimebritain.org/ that features two innovative projects, and for…
January
Canterbury History – from St Augustine to Tudors and Stuarts 2023
26 January 2023
Coming up very shortly KAS with CKHH on Tuesday 7 February will be hosting at St Paul’s church, Canterbury CT1 1NH (from 6pm, lecture at 6.45pm), Professor Ken Dark’s lecture…
Maps, dragons and building communities – another week for CKHH
19 January 2023
Finally the Tudors & Stuarts 2023 schedule on the CKHH web page and supporting pages are now up, not quite as in previous years but serviceable and hopefully will show…
Historical Research – the exciting county of Kent
13 January 2023
I thought I would start by saying I have been notified that the Tudors & Stuarts 2023 History Weekend (Friday 28 April – Sunday 30 April) website will be live…
From Hooden Horses to Tudors & Stuarts – exciting events in 2023
5 January 2023
Because this event is coming up at the weekend and Dr Sonia Overall has asked us to flag it up on the CKHH blog, I thought I would start with…
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