The School of Humanities Centre for Research in Kent History and Archaeology is pleased to announce a one day conference ‘Richborough through the Ages’, that will take place on Saturday 25 June 2016.
This event will be held at Old Sessions House (lecture theatre Og46), with doors open at 0930 and concluding at 1630. The conference consists of four sessions, taking the history of Richborough from Roman and Anglo Saxon times through the Medieval period, the First World War and culminating in 1940. This broad timescale allows for a fascinating insight into the importance of this now almost forgotten port, and the contribution it made to local and national history, politics and culture.
In addition to CCCU staff members Drs Paul Dalton, John Bulaitis and Lesley Hardy and the CRKHA ‘s Dr. Martin Watts, speakers include familiar experts such as Keith Parfitt, of Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Ges Moody of the Trust for Thanet Archaeology, Professor Emeritus Clare Ungerson and Dr Frank Andrews.
Venue: Lecture Theatre Og46, Old Sessions House, Canterbury Christ Church University.
Price. £10.00 per person, Unwaged £8, CCCU students - free
09.30 DOORS OPEN
10.00-10.15 INTRODUCTION
10.15-11.30 SESSION 1: ROMAN & ANGLO-SAXON
- Keith Parfitt: Crossing Richborough Island: Investigations along the 2007 supply main
- Ges Moody: Contested Ground, the politics of a landscape
11.30-11.45 TEA AND COFFEE
11.45-13.00 SESSION 2: MEDIEVAL AND TOWARDS MODERN
- Dr Paul Dalton: Medieval Richborough in Context
- Dr Lesley Hardy: The Lantern Bearers: Richborough and the idea of Rome in History and Imagination,1800-the present
13.00-13.45 LUNCH
13.45-15.00 SESSION 3: FIRST WORLD WAR
- Dr Frank Andrews: The Mystery Port
- Dr Martin Watts: Controversy and Disposal
15.00-15.15 TEA AND COFFEE
15.15-16.30 SESSION 4: BETWEEN THE WARS
- Dr John Bulaitis: Farmer, entrepreneur, historian, fascist: GC Solley of King’s End Farm, Richborough
- Professor Emeritus Clare Ungerson: Four Thousand German Jewish Refugees at Richborough in 1939/40
16.30 CONCLUSION
