Past Events
Places of Joy: The Role of Heritage After Lockdown
Wednesday 24th November 2021
Speaker: Jo Safaer (Southampton)
Family History Federation Really Useful Show
Friday 12th – Saturday 13th November 2021
Join the BALH team as we promote local history at this major online event.
Maritime Kent: Charting New Waters
Saturday 6th November 2021
The Centre for Kent History and Heritage with the Kent Archaeological Society is holding a free, public conference to mark the publication of Maritime Kent through the Ages (Boydell).
BALH Digital Webinar : How to Use Legal Records for Local History
Wednesday 3rd November 2021
With Dr Daniel Gosling, Principal Legal Records Specialist (Early Modern) at The National Archives.
BALH Event
Communities of Dissent 1850-1914
Saturday 30th October 2021
A day conference from the Chapels Society in association with Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Shopping in Buckinghamshire - from medieval market places to modern retail parks
Saturday 23rd October 2021
Buckinghamshire Local History Network Conference and Local History Fair, in person and online.
The London Rubber Company in Chingford
Thursday 21st October 2021
An online talk with Dr Jessica Borge author of Protective Practices. A History of the London Rubber Company and the Condom Business
Tuberculosis at Iron Age Tarrant Hinton
Thursday 21st October 2021
Join Dr Simon Mays of English Heritage as he discusses what the disease might have meant for this person and his community, and what its wider significance might be.
Troubling Anniversaries Conference
Thursday 21st – Friday 22nd October 2021
A partnership between the Centre for Public History and the Institute of Historical Research this online conference explores the uses of anniversaries in historical research and public interpretation, thinking critically about the politics of commemoration, the wide variety of tools and approaches for public engagement, and the challenges of dealing with contested pasts.
Talk: Shipwrecks of Cardigan Bay and Welsh Waters
Saturday 9th October 2021
'Llongddrylliadau Bae Ceredigion a Dyfroedd Cymru' by Dr Meilyr Powel, Maritime Research Assistant at the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Local Population Studies Society, Free Conference, The British Diaspora
Saturday 9th October 2021
Due to the ongoing pandemic the Local Population Studies Society (LPSS) has again decided to hold its Autumn conference online. This conference takes the theme of ‘The British Diaspora’ and has papers which examine the impact of British migration; it is a topic which may be of particular interest to family and local historians.
‘The Northern Way’: The Archbishops of York and the North of England
Thursday 23rd – Friday 24th September 2021
‘The Northern Way’ is a research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and based at the University of York in partnership with The National Archives and with the support of York Minster. Their conference is to be held over two days in September.
A Symposium on Women in the 1920s
Saturday 18th September 2021
Devon History Society and the WE & SW Women’s History Network
Woolsthorpe Manor and Isaac Newton
Wednesday 8th September 2021
A talk via Zoom, presented by Robert Iliffe, Professor of History of Science, Oxford
Talk Roman Bedford: Imperial Estate or the Back of Beyond?
Tuesday 7th September 2021
A talk by David Ingham, Project Manager at Albion Archaeology, organised by Bedale Archaeology & History Society.
Gloucester History Festival
Saturday 4th – Sunday 19th September 2021
Bringing together local and national historians, speakers, renowned artists and key community figures, the event will run from 4–19 September in key venues across the city.
BALH Local History Hour: National Mapping in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Thursday 26th August 2021
Our series of Local History Hour talks with a variety of speakers from the local history world.
BALH Event
Historical Pageants Day
Saturday 7th August 2021
A day of talks, exhibitions and performances of historical pageantry from local history organisations, museums, theatre groups, musicians and dancers.
