The Spring conference of the British Agricultural History will take place on 2nd May at Channing Hall in Sheffield.
Programme:
10.30-11.00 – coffee and registration
11.00-12.00 – Session 1: Thirsk prize winner 2025. John Bulaitis – ‘The ‘Tithe War’ of 1881-1936 in historical perspective’
12.00-13.00 – Session 2: Claudia Soares – ‘The Great Lone Land: Emotions, Environment and Child Migration, c.1870-1920’
13.00 – Lunch
13.30 – AGM (for society members)
14.15-16.15 – Session 3: Ecological and environment approaches to the rural past and present
Ian Rotherham – ‘Apart from Nature or a part of Nature: The implications of Cultural Severance, the Eco-cultural Commons, and studies from northern England’, Fred Bricknell – ‘Living with water shocks: Vernacular water knowledges and community action in early modern England’
16.30 – Depart
Book at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bahs-spring-conference-2026-tickets-1984040970953?aff=oddtdtcreator