List members might be interested in the following conference:
THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY in asssociation with
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF YORK
HISTORIANS AND THEIR PUBLICS
The King's Manor, York,
19-20 April 2001
Speakers include:
LUDMILLA JORDANOVA (author of 'History in practice')
IAN KERSHAW (biographer of Hitler)
LAURENCE REES (creative director, History, BBC)
MATTHEW EVANS (chair of Re:source, the Council for Museums, Archives and
Libraries and chairman of Faber & Faber)
CHARLES SAUMAREZ SMITH (director, National Portrait Gallery)
GORDON MARSDEN (MP for Blackpool South and formerly editor of 'History
Today')
SARAH TYACKE (Keeper, Public Record Office)
PATRICK WRIGHT (cultural critic and author)
Join leading practitioners of both academic and public history in a debate
over the wider public's interest in the past and what role there can or
should be for scholarship.
For further enquiries please contact:
Ms Joy McCarthy, Executive Secretary, ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, University
College London, Gower Street, LONDON WC11 6BT email
[log in to unmask], phone/fax 0044 (0)20 7387 7532
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