Autumn 2016: launch blogsite, convene Steering Board, send out invitations for participation from researchers and major institutions
Autumn 2016: mini-pilot begins with up to 30 Year 12 pupils at Simon Langton Boys, who will work on a People’s History of Kent project over the year
Autumn 2016: series of Wednesday afternoon sessions (convened at University of Kent and Christ Church University) devoted to ongoing work on the People’s History of Kent, including sessions addressing the archives and how to approach them:
| Please note that parking at the University of Kent Canterbury Campus can be an issue, so allow plenty of time to find a space. | ||
| Wednesday 26th October | School Half term | |
| Wednesday 2nd November | Rob Illingworth, tour of the Kent Archives (Kent History & Library Centre, Maidstone), 14.00. | [Maidstone] |
| Wednesday 16th November | David Hornsby, “Migration to the East Kent coalfield and its consequences for dialect”
Phil Slavin, “Kentish peasants in the Middle Ages.” Sheila Sweetinburgh, “Religious conflict in the parish in late Henrician Kent.” |
COLT3, University of Kent (Canterbury) |
| Wednesday 23rd November | Will Wollen (Arts), “The Victorian Development of Margate’s Theatre Royal.”
Sophie Vigneron (Law), “The Destruction of Heritage (iconoclasm), and the meaning of heritage.” Eirini Saratsi (Conservation), “Heritage and the Cultural Landscape: Kent Grazing Marshes and their Value” |
COLT3, University of Kent (Canterbury) |
| Wednesday 30th November | Karen Jones, “Kent as the Garden of England, Parks, and Conservation Movements”
Mark Connelly, “The East Kent Regiment in the First World War and how it affected the local community.” David Birmingham, “The Romans in Canterbury.” |
COLT3, University of Kent (Canterbury) |
| Wednesday 7th December | Ann MacDonald, Nicholas Hiley, Joanna Baines, Jane Gallagher (Special Collections & Archives), session on archive and researching cultural/social history of Kent using British Cartoon Archive, theatre collections, windmill collections, and other arts collections. | COLT3 and Templeman Library, University of Kent (Canterbury) |
| Wednesday 14th December | Anne Logan and Kate Bradley (G204) on “Rochester and Borstal in the First World War” | Room G204 in the Gillingham Building at Medway Campus, 2-4pm |
Spring 2017: pupils conduct their own research projects on a sub-section of the People’s History
Early Summer 2017: launch or gallery event displaying pupils’ work, which is also made available on blogsite