EMHistory & Heritage

...and the second online conference, co-sponsored by The MHR and the Institute of Historical Research is The Midlands Identities Project...tickets available and abstracts welcome! eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-midlands…

It is our great pleasure to announce the two Prof Phil Batman prizes for History of the Family at both UG and MA level. Details are available here le.ac.uk/english-local-… Many thanks indeed to Prof Batman for his generosity in establishing these attractive prizes!

Remembering the fallen, and also those who returned but whose lives would never be the same

Representing Disability in Shakespeare’s World will explore social representations and attitudes toward disability in military life from Shakespearean England onwards. Book now: tinyurl.com/y5darkr2 #ESRCFestival @historyleic @LeicesterCSSAH @cwpetitions

With @LocalHistoryCaf we’re doing a series of Spotlight on smaller heritage gems in the East Midlands. If you are the friend of, or just visit, a really great small heritage site we’d love to shout about it with you. @MidlandHistory @EastMidlandsHH @GlynStenson @TheIronGiant_

There are some exciting changes afoot in the 13th Century Chapter House as part of a conservation project. Work is well under way by a team of experts to improve access, climate control and lighting in order to help preserve the magnificent Leaves of Southwell and Chapter House

Although it is unclear, due to the limitations put on us due to COVID-19, when our summer issue will come out, we are nonetheless busy editing your submissions!

The #Nottingham gardens which hold a secret from a cholera pandemic nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

'A rich store of memories': sound archivists @uniofleicester have come across a tape which they believe could be the first #OralHistory recording made in #Leicestershire. Read and listen to more on our blog post: eastmidsoha.home.blog/2020/05/12/a-r… @MidlandSounds @OralHistorySoc

Welcome to our first Friday Focus! Today we are thinking about museums. Many of us may have taken the opportunity to visit a museum over the bank holiday weekend but with the current closures, many museums have put some of their Civil War artefacts on display online. THREAD 1/7

At @MercianArch we believe #Stayinghome should mean #Learningathome and that #LearningNeverStops! Today we want to introduce you to the Sherwood Forest Archaeology Project @ArcHistSherwood website so you can begin your journey... Check the links below: #lockdown #lockdownuk

Beat the #lockdownuk blues tonight! On @channel5_tv 7pm Fri 3 April. See @MercianArch @ArcHistSherwood at @KingJohnsPalace on Digging Up Britain's Past- @HelenSkelton & @AlexJLanglands interviewing @AndyGaunt_ The #SherwoodForest #Archaeology Field School mercian-as.co.uk/fieldschool.ht…

In 1997, Penelope Lane won the #MidlandHistory Essay Prize for her article on poor women and the "informal economy" of C18th and early C19th Leicestershire, arguing that they 'legitimised' certain criminal activities which provided essential subsistence. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.117…

#HappyWomensDay2020! Women interested in recording & sharing #Menopause stories #TheSilentArchive @HeritageFundUK. Be part of our project! Oral history training 13/03/20 1-4PM @nottswcentre. Call Helen 0116 252 5065 bit.ly/2VTgqyT @henpickednet #InternationalWomensDay

We have copies in Local Studies Loughborough Library

A visit to the Willoughbys 500 acre pad. #Nottingham #architecture

Back home after a wonderful three days recording oral history interviews with former miners in the Midlands. Some amazing stories - feel really privileged to hear these memories.

A man whose book, and whose teaching @ELHLeicester connected with and inspired many to notice the history all around us. His former Dept @uniofleicester is still inspiring people today and encouraging them to get involved and make a difference @ElhFriends

For those who have not yet seen it, here is our first 2020 issue. eastmidlandshistory.org.uk/magazine-issue…

Life in Notts town's forgotten rock houses - and the fight to save them nottinghampost.com/news/local-new…