On the 2nd of December, Nick Branch, Stephen Fry (freelance ecologist) and Mike Simmonds will be hosting a free 1 day conference based around Chobham Common at the University of Reading. This conference will examine the heritage, biodervisity, conservation and management of the Common, including the plans for the Oneobservatory, a Chobham database collating the vast array of commercial, academic and citizen led research undertaken at the Common.
Conflict archaeology is a multi-disciplinary approach to sites of conflict. A panel of experts will discuss diverse field projects at this event.
Tickets £22-25 from: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-richer-dust-case-studies-from-c0nflict-arc...
A pdf of the programme is attached.
Non-member Price: £12.00 Member Price: £12.00 Student Price: £10.00
Venue : Peace Memorial Hall, Woodfield Lane, Ashtead, KT21 2BE (see below for location map)
All day parking available at the further end of the car park ; Ashtead station ten minutes walk away; pubs and cafes locally for lunch; Margary Award displays.
Saturday 7 October 2017 at Surrey History Centre 130, Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ND
10.45 Registration and coffee
11.15-12.00 Dr Gerry Moss, Surrey Archaeological Society Local History from Digital Newspapers
12.00-12.30 Seth Caley, Gale Cengage Learning The 17th and 18th Century Nichols Newspaper Collection: A New Digital Resource
SHERF 2017
The Conference
A meeting on the topic of Medieval Industries will take place at The Octagon in Godalming. Speakers will inlcude Dr David Dungworth from Historic England, Doug Irvine and Ian West. Further details will be circulated to members of the Forum and posted on the website in due course.
The meeting will also include the AGM of the Medieval Studies Forum.
South East Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference 2017
"Celebrating 50 years of SIAS"
Click her for Details + Application Form for SERIAC 2017
Annual one-day conference, hosted this year by Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society (SIAS).
A meeting of the Forum will take place in the Abraham Dixon Hall at the Leatherhead Institute. The morning programme includes a variety of speakers on topics related to research and fieldwork, which it is hoped members will find helpful in taking forward their projects. The afternoon is devoted to short presentations by members of the Forum on their particular research interests before a general discussion on what the Forum can offer in the future to assist members.
Details are on the attached programme.
Saturday 25th March 2017
ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM – ‘Feeding the County – Agriculture in Surrey’
The Local History Committee will be holding their Annual Symposium on Saturday 25th March at The Surrey History Centre, 30 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 6ND.
