Centre for Urban History University of Leicester

26/04/2024

Simon Headley from the Diocese of Leicester & Burt McNeil from Leicester Civic Society bringing insights from the wider heritage ecosystem to the Urban Conservation MA in Leicester. Fascinating insights on grant funding, campaigning on heritage protection & innovative design

Find out more about our Urban Conservation MA: https://le.ac.uk/courses/urban-conservation-ma/2024

24/04/2024

17/11/2023

For our final seminar of the semester, we are looking forward to Dr Marina Inì (University of Cambridge) speaking on ‘Lazzaretti and Quarantine: Mobility and Cross-Cultural Encounters before Entering the Early Modern City’.

🗓️ Fri 24 Nov
⏰ 3pm
📍 Att 111 & online

03/11/2023

Our next seminar is with Pablo Sánchez Pascual (Oviedo), on ‘Commercial Networks and Transnational Merchant Oligarchies in the Ports of Cantabrian Spain (1740–1840), with a response from Perry Gauci (Oxford). It has been great having Pablo visit us this year and we are looking forward to hearing about his work!

🗓️ Fri 10 Nov
⏰ 3pm
📍 Att 111 & online

20/10/2023

Next week, we are looking forward to hearing Dr Brandon Fathy (University of Reading) speak on ‘Becoming Ipswich: A Story of Urban Emergence in the Early Middle Ages’.

🗓️ Fri 27 Oct
⏰ 3pm
📍 Att 208 (Attenborough Seminar Block, U. of Leicester) & online (please email ra437 (at) le.ac.uk for a link)

03/10/2023

For our first urban history seminar of the semester, we are delighted to welcome Dr Adriana Laura Massidda (University of Sheffield), who will speak on ‘Modernity Contested’.

🗓️ Friday 13 October
⏰ 3pm
📍 Att 111 (Attenborough Seminar Block, Uni of Leicester) and online

22/09/2023

We are happy to have some great speakers on our seminar programme this semester, starting on 13 October. Looking forward to seeing you there in person or online!

21/08/2023

Please join us for the launch of Prof Peter Borsay's last book (with Prof Roey Sweet), 'The Invention of the English Landscape c. 1700-1939'.

🗓️ Friday 29 September
⏰ 15:00-17:00
📍 Attenborough Film Theatre and MS Teams

Speakers at the symposium to honour Prof Borsay include our own Prof Roey Sweet, Prof Penelope Corfield, Dr Richard Coopey, Dr Katy Layton-Jones and Prof Keith Snell.

Sign up via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-symposium-in-honour-of-peter-borsay-tickets-699658817357?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

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15/08/2023

Read all about Prashant's fantastic book and exhibition 👇

The History team have gathered together stories about some of the fantastic research projects they're involved in.

In 2019, Prof. Prashant Kidambi published 'Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire' and more recently has co-curated an exhibition at Lord's Cricket Ground.

Find out more about Prashant's work, and some of the other exciting things our historians are working on, by visiting https://le.ac.uk/history/research/research-stories

05/06/2023

Our MA Urban Conservation students got to learn about using lime in managing historic walls at Wollaton Hall with Jason Morden from Notts County Council & Toby Ebbs from Nottingham City Council. They even got to have a go at repointing the historic estate walls!

Interested in learning about ? Our MA is accredited by the Institute of Historic Building Conservation, has strong links with public and private sector practitioners, and is taught by leading experts in the field.

To find out more, visit https://le.ac.uk/courses/urban-conservation-ma/2023

19/05/2023

Next Friday, we’re excited to welcome Dr John Gallagher (University of Leeds) to the CUH seminar for his paper on ‘Selling Education in England, c. 1660–1715’.

🗓️ Fri 26 May, 3pm
📍 Att 111, University of Leicester

05/05/2023

At next Friday's CUH seminar, our own Dr Sarah-Jane Walton will speak on ‘Soldier Sojourners & Cityscapes: Anzac Impressions of the Port Cities of Durban, Cape Town & Freetown During WW1 & the Significance of the Built Environment’

🗓️ Fri 12 May, 3pm
📍 Att 002 (changed venue!)