Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research

Our next free event coming up! Whose South Downs? Creative and critical explorations of Sussex landscapes and seascapes. Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 14:00, @SussexUni Meeting House. More info and tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/whose-south-…

We're still in #Eurovision2025 week, so: Dear @Eurovision @EBU_HQ @EBU_Policy @bbceurovision... a) well done! b) you may like this Substack about the BBC's 1st voice Arthur Burrows + his pre-WW2 #Eurovision vision (c) psst... let's make a prog about him!) open.substack.com/pub/paulkerens…

🗨️Join Professor Elizabeth Kiely (UCC), Chair of @OralHist_ie in conversation with renowned lace maker Veronica Stuart at The Glucksman Gallery in Cork, discussing 'Lace, Life and Lore'. Tuesday 27 May 2025, 1-2pm. Admission free. @glucksman #UCC glucksman.org/events/in-conv…

🌱Engage with more-than-human entanglements in storytelling at this hybrid symposium 10–11 June The Buttery @WolfsonCollege & Online Register: shorturl.at/tfzvu🌱

Very pleased to be able to talk about this now. Along with several of my distinguished friends and colleagues in the colour world, I have contributed to this new podcast series #StoriesinColour by the @NationalGallery London. Launches 28 May 2025.

📢CALL FOR PAPERS: @PRONI_DFC will host an Irish Studies conference on 7 November in Belfast, marking 100 years of the 1925 Irish Boundary Commission Report. The event will also focus on the topic of partition, its roots and its impact. Learn more below. nidirect.gov.uk/articles/1925-…

"I founded the association [to prove] that women are not the ‘ornamental and useless’ creatures men have pictured." The British Ladies’ Football Club, founded by Nettie Honeyball, played its first public match #OnThisDay 1895 in front of 11,000 spectators at Crouch End, London.

💙🕊️ Join us for a symposium celebrating the life & work of Professor Catherine Will, who passed away in 2024. Her contributions shaped fields like health, sociology, social justice & more. 🗓 April 14 | ⏰ 11am-6:30pm | 📍 Attenborough Centre 🔗 Sign up: eventbrite.co.uk/e/catherine-wi…

We've had a great response to our request for wedding dresses, wedding pictures etc for an exhibition being planned for the summer. You have sent pictures, stories, all sorts of things - keep it up! All emails and photos to office@rth.org.uk.

Coming up on 27 March, Hove, Curious Histories: Charity History Talk: A Moustache Makes Him More of a Man Before the First World War, wearing a moustache was a vexed question in the UK's restaurant trade. Dr Rosalind Eyben takes up this hair-raising tale. eventbrite.co.uk/e/heroes-and-v…

Neil Gower, internationally acclaimed graphic artist and literary cartographer who has created maps for works by Simon Armitage, Jilly Cooper and Kazuo Ishiguro among others, is our next speaker. Don’t miss him on Tuesday 25 Feb, All Saints Centre, Lewes, 7.30pm (doors 7pm.)

🚨Reminder: Registration for the Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshop with Prof Colin Jones on 28 Feb closes tomorrow at 9:00 am. Don't miss out!🚨 📍 @engfac , 10:30–12:30 🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/Pl85L @VoltaireOxford @MFOxford @OxfordModLangs @TORCHOxford

What a fab day I had @WarwickHistory @uniofwarwick helping local Coventry children with their learning about #lego #suffragette & #Coventry #Votesforwomen campaigners - printing bags, doing drama & a VR suffrage #museum. Thanks to brill colleagues for helping make this happen!

From Cold War Berlin to today, Susan Neiman shares her experiences as an American Jew in Germany. In conversation with Mary Fulbrook for OCLW’s Jewish Women’s Voices & @jlfbookweek 🗓 2 March, 17:00 📍 Kings Place, London 🎟 £15 shorturl.at/XGaav

Free talk: ‘Lives in Colour: Pioneering Women in Colour History’ by Dr Alexandra Loske @Saschaloske Friday, 10 January, 6–7pm, Kingston Museum This accompanies the exhibition K-Women: Celebrating Korean Female Artists @4482_sasapari. Info and booking: @4482_sasapari" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">kingstonheritage.org.uk/homepage/140/k…

The Copper Family, Sussex’s folk singing dynasty, are celebrated in a new exhibition in partnership with Sussex Retold, a project led by Margaretta Jolly with the support of Sam Carroll, which explores the histories, heritage and landscapes of Sussex. blogs.sussex.ac.uk/librarycollect…

1 week left to apply for our voluntary Digital Content Officer (Trustee) vacancy! Passionate about digital content? Wish to gain experience in governance and leadership? We would love to hear from you.

"Lost Villas of Georgian Brighton" The Regency Society invites you to the book launch of its latest publication. Tuesday 26 Nov, 6pm - 7pm at Fabrica, Duke Street, BN1 1AG. Books on sale at £15.00. (Cover price £19.95) Pay bar.