The County Societies Symposium, Saturday 17th September 2016. Responding to 21st Century Challenges
Organised by Victoria County History, British Association for Local History and the Royal Historical Society
REGISTRATION 10.00 – 10.30 tea and coffee
Session 1 10:30 – 12:00 Publishing: Challenges and Opportunities
Chair: John Beckett (University of Nottingham)
Funding Historical Publishing in Times of Austerity: Can Crowd-Funding Fill the Gap?
– John Hudson (Head of Publishing, Historic England)
Local and National Funding of the Victoria County History – Professor Richard Hoyle
“No Further Work is Planned for Shropshire”: Rising to the Challenge of Funding the Shropshire Victoria County History – James Bowen (University of Liverpool)
Session 2 12:00 – 13:15 Public History, Heritage, ‘Impact’ and Local History Societies
Chair: Claire Cross (BALH)
Dissolving Boundaries? Public History, Community Histories and the County Societies – Nicola Phillips (Royal Holloway, University of London)
England’s Immigrants 1330-1550 and Local History Societies: Lessons in Creating and Consuming History – Jessica Lutkin (Senior Researcher, England’s Immigrants Project)
LUNCH 13:15 – 14:00 sandwich lunch provided
Session 3 14:00 – 15:30 Local Responses to 21st Century Challenges
Chair: Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck)
The Modern Challenges Facing County Societies – Gillian Cookson (Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society)
Discussion groups to discuss the day’s themes and raise new issues
Rapporteurs: John Beckett, John Chandler, Adam Chapman
Session 4 15:30– 16:15 Challenges and Conclusions
Chair: Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck)
Reports from discussion groups.
In attendance: Paul A. Carter (Website Manager, BALH) to answer questions on websites and social media.
Chair’s summary
County Societies Symposium 2016 Programme
County Societies Symposium Booking form 2016