We aim to keep our members informed about the historical events happening all over Bristol. Please contact us if you want us to publicise any upcoming events.
SW EM Network Seminar
4 December: Peter Fleming (U.W.E), '"In a blessid borugh that Bristow is named": Poetry, Politics and the fall of Richard II'. This is a special talk on two poems, 'Richard the Redeless' and 'Mum and the Sothsegger', written in the period of the fall of Richard II in 1399/1400 and the establishment of the Lancastrian dynasty under Henry IV. Dr Fleming will be looking at the evidence for the claim that they were written in Bristol, and consequently asking what implications they have for understanding medieval provincial culture. 6:00 pm in Room M9 at St Matthias campus.Regional History Centre Seminars
These are run by the Regional History Centre based at UWE. They are fortnightly, in Room M09 at St Matthias campus, from 6:00 pm.7 December: Clive Burgess (Royal Holloway), 'New Light on Late Medieval Parish Government: All Saints, Bristol.
Renaissance and Early Modern Seminars
These are also based at St Matthias campus. They are generally run on Wednesdays, also on Room M09, from 5:30 pm.13 December: Lesel Dawson (Department of English, University of Bristol), 'Desire and Disgust in Early Modern Literature and Natural Philosophy'.
School of History Research Seminars
Weekly seminars, often covering a more recent period. They run on Thursdays in room M9 and start at 6:00 pm.30 November: Mike Ponsford (Consulting Archaeologist; one time curator of field archaeology at Bristol Museum), 'The "Auld Alliance" or the "Old Rivalry": Archaeologists, Historians and Interpretation of the Past.'
14 December: Lina Galvez-Munoz (University of Seville), 'The Organisation of Labour and Production during the Spanish Civil War'.
Avon Local History and Archaeology Society
Hosts a large number of talks on the history of the area. Some events have a charge for non-members. See the (very) full calendar of events here.
