The 19th Annual Postgraduate and Undergraduate one day Conference for postgraduate and undergraduate students of historical geography ‘Practising Historical Geography’ will be held at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston on Wednesday 6th November 2012 between 9:30 and 5.
Organised by the Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG), the day includes keynote lectures, workshops exploring research methods, a ‘postgraduate voices’ session and a talk by this year’s HGRG undergraduate dissertation prize winner. It will also be an excellent opportunity to meet other researchers in your field.
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PROGRAMME
09:30 Conference registration and coffee - Foyer
10:00 Welcome by Carl Griffin (Chair, HGRG): ’40 years of HGRG’ – Lecture theatre
10:15 Keynote lecture: ‘The Politics of Memory in the Black Atlantic’
Alan Rice (University of Central Lancashire) - Lecture theatre
11:15 Postgraduate voices – Lecture theatre
11:40 HGRG dissertation prize winner – Lecture theatre
12:00 Historical geography workshops
I. ‘Walking and Talking: Architectural Tours and Built Heritage’
Hannah Neate (University of Central Lancashire) – Lecture theatre
II. ‘Fashioning Feathers: Material Archives in Historical Research’
Merle Patchett (University of Bristol) – GR 350
13:00 Lunch - Foyer
14:00 Historical geography workshops
I. ‘Walking and Talking: Architectural Tours and Built Heritage’
Hannah Neate (University of Central Lancashire) – Lecture theatre
II. ‘Fashioning Feathers: Material Archives in Historical Research’
Merle Patchett (University of Bristol) – GR 350
15:00 Coffee break - Foyer
15:30 Keynote lecture: 'Labour, Agency and Decolonization: the Political Trajectories of Harry O'Connell'
Dave Featherstone (University of Glasgow) – Lecture theatre
16:30 Closing comments – Lecture theatre
This event is open to all. Please note that there will be a small charge of £10, payable on arrival at the conference.
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