Starting on 17 Sep 2018, there’s an exciting new MA in History at the University of Hertfordshire, either full time (one year) or part time (two years).

“Our MA programme takes an innovative approach by connecting the local to the global.  The study of everyday life is central to the identity of the History Group, and this is reflected in the range of modules that we offer.  Covering the period from 1550 to the present, you will explore the impact of big historical forces on everyday lives.

Modules to be offered (2018-19) include:

• Money-makers, murderers, medics and mothers: women’s lives in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
• Local and global: consumer societies between the eighteenth and twenty-first centuries
• History from the street: people’s lives from the nineteenth century to the present day
• Customs and community culture, 1700-2000
• Research methods: approaches to history and disseminating your research
• Dissertation.”

We are delighted to invite you to our first events of the Chilterns Conservation Board Beacons of the Past Project!

 

Meet and Greets

We will be holding four “Meet and Greet” sessions, at different locations in the region. This means that we can tell you a bit more about our project, and you can come and ask Wendy Morrison, the Project Manager, and Ed Peveler, the Landscape Heritage Officer, any questions that you might have. There will also be tea and cake, and plenty of time for mingling.  Click here for more details of the project.

The dates and locations are as follows:

Please email here to book your place at one of the venues. We look forward to meeting lots of you soon!

Come and learn about the brave women involved in the women’s Suffrage movement and see them in action as they fight, march, sing and campaign for the cause.

• Learn about the Women’s Suffrage Movement in this family-friendly Suffragettes event
• Watch physical and exciting demonstrations showing how a team of Edwardian ladies were able to protect the leaders of the Women’s Suffrage Movement from arrest, armed with only determination, cunning and training in the martial art of Jiu-Jitsu 12pm and 3pm
• Visit the WSPU (Women’s Social and Political Union) recruiting stall: will you join the cause?
• Meet costumed re-enactors, listen to Suffragette songs and learn about this fascinating period of history
• Listen to a traditional Edwardian musician singing music hall songs (Sunday only)
• Peek at the Edwardian Curiosity Show (Saturday only)
• Vote for Goat: Take part in our weekend vote to name one of our kid goats

More details here

BLH&MS summer trip on 31 May 2018 to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich…
On this trip, there is the opportunity to visit the Naval College, Cutty Sark and the Royal Observatory. At the National Maritime Museum, there is a photographic exhibition ‘The Great British Seaside’. (Entrance fee applies, but the Museum is free).

We run our trips in conjunction with the Berkhamsted Probus Club. We try to organise these trips where a midday meal is available for those that require it. The cost is usually between £20 and £30 per person. If you are interested please contact Bill Willett on 01442 863760 or email here.

Dacorum Borough Council recognised the borough’s most inspirational community projects with the first Community Grant Awards on 26 March 2018.

“Community grants are open to all not for profit organisations and are designed to support community activities and improve the health and wellbeing of residents in Dacorum.”

Cllr Neil Harden said: “It was a pleasure to see so many groups at our first Community Grants Awards. It’s clear to see that we have a thriving voluntary and community sector, with a great deal of enthusiastic and compassionate groups and volunteers, keen to make a difference in Dacorum.”

More information here.

Ashridge House
Friday 10^th and Saturday 11^th August 2018

A two- day conference based at Ashridge, Hertfordshire to cast new light on the life and works of Humphry Repton and consider his legacy in landscape design. The programme comprises a series of lectures on the first day followed by a tour of the gardens at Ashridge. The second day takes a similar format with a series of lectures in the morning followed in the afternoon by a tour of Woburn Abbey gardens led by Gardens Manager Martin Towsey. The conference will finish after the tour of Woburn.
More details and booking here

 

All welcome, a light lunch is included with the ticket.

How to Book: Visit the HALS website or call 0300 123 4047 (ask for Local Studies)

This is a day both for those new to the world of community archives, as well those who are already involved.

The day begins with a introduction to HALS’ approach to community archives, this will be followed by three case-studies of current community archive projects taking place across the county.

Speakers will include:

• Judy Faraday from the John Lewis Partnership Centre who will be talking about the Trewins Memorystore website
• Jeff Lewis from the Smallford Station and Alban Way Heritage Project
• Helen Hofton from the Pirton Local History Group and website
• Bob Redman who will be talking about the “All Change” project celebrating 150 years of the Elstree and Borehamwood railway station
• Anne Murphy from the University of Hertfordshire will also be delivering a talk on ‘Memories Matter: collecting and preserving oral histories’.

After lunch there will be an opportunity to hear about the creative resources available at Hemel Hempstead Library in the newly refurbished CreatorSpace which includes access to a 3D printer, digital cutters, design software and other creative resources for hire to help with projects. There will also be an introduction to Data Protection and Freedom of Information and how this can impact historical research and storage of information by our Archivist Gary Moyle.