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Interested in history and folklore or just want to meet new people? Come and join the History and Folklore Society!
We hold a range of events including study groups, guest speakers and socials. We cater for a range of interests; if there is a particular area of history or folklore you are interested in, let us know! Membership is open to staff and students.
Our society is about …
Providing a space for those with a love of history and folklore to meet people with similar interests and broaden their knowledge. Providing students with a society to complement their academic studies.
Our society aims are …
To provide a platform for those studying history and folklore, and those with an interest in the subject, to enhance their knowledge. We also aim to increase society membership, participation opportunities and provide social events.
We provide students with …
Opportunities to enhance and deepen their knowledge of history and folklore via events such as research seminars, guest lectures and study groups.
Our committee
Chair: Ann Lennox
Treasurer: Jake Orpin
Secretary: Vacancy
We have the following online events planned together with the UH History team. More in-person events to follow when confirmed.
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Day
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Date
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Time
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Event
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Online
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Speaker
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Wednesday
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8th November
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1pm
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UH History Research Seminar
‘The Housewife as Expert: New Reflections on Experiential Expertise, Activism and Housewives' Associations in England, 1960s to 1980s'
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Zoom link to be advised nearer the date
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Caitriona Beaumont (London South Bank)
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Wednesday
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6th December
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1pm
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UH History Research Seminar
‘Heat and Light: Sensory Experience of the Great Storm of 1987’
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Zoom link to be advised nearer the date
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Tim Cooper (Exeter)
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Wednesday
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28th February
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1pm
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UH History Research Seminar
‘In Opposition to Standardisation – Treatment of Gas Injuries during the First World War’
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Zoom link to be advised nearer the date
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Shelley Castle (Oxford)
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Wednesday
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17th April
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1pm
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UH History Research Seminar
'Bringing Heritage Assets to Life: The Tottenham Hotspur Archive'
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Zoom link to be advised nearer the date
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Sian Allpress (UH)
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