General booking is now open for the 2015 Archives for London conference.
To celebrate the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the AfL conference will explore the challenges to and the protection of freedom and liberty in London since Magna Carta guaranteed the Capital’s ‘ancient liberty and customs’ in 1215.
25 September – London Metropolitan Archives, 1:30-5:00pm
with speakers including Caterina Loriggio and David Prior from the Parliamentary Archives on Parliament in the making, oral historian Clare Summerskill on recording voices of LGBTQ Londoners, and Paul Dudman with Dr Rumana Hashem of University of East London on refugee narratives in archives.
The City’s 1297 Magna Carta will be on display.
2 October – Society of Antiquaries, 1:30-5:00pm
with speakers such as Prof Justin Fisher on Magna Carta’s relevance today, Simon Carter on St Paul’s Cathedral and civil rights, Prof Michael Macmillan on what art and heritage tells us about Black British cultural identities.
Venues:
London Metropolitan Archives,
40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB, and
Society of Antiquaries
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE
Tickets
AfL member
one conference £8, both conferences £10
Non-member
one conference £10, both conferences £15
Further information and booking via www.archivesforlondon.org/events
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Siān Wynn-Jones
Archives for London
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