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The School of History was ranked No. 2 in the country in the Research Assessment Exercise 2008, and has recently launched new MA programmes in Modern History MA (September 2009) and the History of Science, Medicine, Environment, and Technology (September 2010).
Textus Roffensis Conference
This summer the School of History and the Chancellor of the University of Kent, Professor Sir Robert Worcester, will be hosting an interdisciplinary conference on the Textus Roffensis, a 12th century collection of texts that date back as far as the 7th century.
Focussing on law, libraries and language in Early Medieval England, the conference will take place between 25-27 July with lectures, discussions and tours taking place at Rochester Cathedral, Allingham Castle and the University of Kent's Medway campus.
Read the press release, and learn more about the event.
Literature, Science and Medicine: Theories and Methods
Professor Crosbie Smith has been invited to deliver a plenary lecture at the above two-day meeting held at the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Institution of Great Britain, on 1-2 July 2010. The meeting is part of a programme of training for PhD students supported by the AHRC.
Professor Smith's lecture is entitled Mirror of the Sea: Reflections on the Sea Literaure of Joseph Conrad.
Interpreting Medieval Liturgy at St Fagans
On 25 June, Dr Helen Gittos' AHRC-funded International Research Network on Interpreting Medieval Liturgy met for the third time at St Fagans, National Museum of Wales near Cardiff.
The events included a re-creation of an early sixteenth century rite for Reconciliation of Penitents in a medieval church in the museum. Full details of the public event can be found on the official site, and on the National Museum of Wales blog.
For more information about the International Research Network on Interpreting Medieval Liturgy, please visit their website.
Moscow Book Launch
On June 8th over 50 people attended the launch of a Russian edition of Dr Philip Boobbyer's book, Conscience Dissent and Reform in Soviet Russia. The gathering took place in the Losev House, a library in central Moscow dedicated to Russian Philosophy and Culture. At the book presentation, Dr Boobbyer explained why the concept of ‘conscience’ became so important to late Soviet dissidents and intellectuals. Read more.
