Bloomsbury Blues: Commemorative Plaques around the University of London, an online tour
An IHR People, Place and Community seminar. Howard Spencer, a senior historian with English Heritage, leads a perambulation around the plaques – blue and otherwise – and discusses the people and places so marked, as well as the how, why and when they came to be commemorated.
Wednesday 28th October 2020 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Details:
Among the plaques featured will be those put up by the London-wide councils, English Heritage, and the Bedford Estate. The session will also include critical discussion of the politics of plaques and memorialisation.
Online via Zoom. Please book a place at: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/bloomsbury-blues-commemorative-plaques-around-university-london-online-tour
