(NEEHI)

NORTH EAST ENGLAND HISTORY INSTITUTE

NEEHI PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES

Professor David Rollason (Durham) 'Shaping the North-East's Past: Medieval Durham Historians', The Lit & Phil, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, 3 October 2007

Professor Tony Pollard (Teesside) 'Region, Locality and Identity: the place of the Tees valley in history', The Dorman Museum, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, 7 November 2007

Professor Tony Hepburn (Sunderland) 'Belfast Nationalists and the Partition of Ireland', The Lit and Phil, 5 December 2007

Details of the programme for 2008 will be announced shortly

24 Nov 2005:

BRITISH ACADEMY RALEIGH LECTURE

With the title 'Mutualities and Obligations: changing social relationships in early modern England', the Raleigh Lecture for 2005 was delivered by Professor Keith Wrightson, Professor of History at Yale University and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Northern Studies, Northumbria University. The venue the lecture hall of the Mining Institute; the hub of the lecture to challenge the concept of a sharp change from mutual obligations to individualism in the 17th century.

31 Oct - 1 Nov 2005:

ISONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Isonomy is a method of surname analysis originally developed in biological anthropology to study historical genetics. The Centre's project is attempting to apply this technique to migration studies in order to questions which, by and large, cannot be answered directly from the census data e.g. the specific provenance of Irish migrants to the North-East, and residential and employment patterns of second- and later-generation Irish migrants.

8 July 2005:

HISTORY OF REGIONAL IDENTITIES IN NORTH-EAST ENGLAND

Mining Institute, Newcastle
Organised by NEEHI.
The Annual Reporting Conference of the AHRC Research Centre brought together various research projects (currently nearing completion) on aspects of regional identity from the medieval period through to the modern day. An edited volume provisionally entitled The North-East of England in History: regional identities 1300-2000 is being prepared to draw all of their work together and present it in an accessible and lively way.

16-17 April 2005:

CANON GREENWELL CONFERENCE

Organised by the Department of Archaeology at Durham University and the AHRC Centre for North-East England History
A one-day conference to look at the life and work of the antiquary William Greenwell (1820 - 1918), a prominent antiquarian, archaeologist and historian. He lived at a time when the British past was coming under intensive scrutiny: Greenwell and his peers worked on subjects ranging from the tools of the Stone Age, the barrows of the Bronze Age, Ancient Greek coins, Anglo-Saxon sculpture, old manuscripts and medieval architecture.

15 April 2005:

THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF RELIGION

Durham University

Religious history and social history have tended to become estranged in recent decades, even though practitioners in both disciplines are often working with similar source material. This colloquium was intended to bring together a group of academics whose work has seen them approach the core issues from a variety of angles.

2004-2005:

LECTURES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TRANSLATION OF ST CUTHBERT

Durham Cathedral.
Organised by Friends of Durham Cathedral / NEEHI
Covering the Translation of the body of St Cuthbert 1104, St Cuthbert's shrine, the Durham Liber Vitae, the Lindisfarne gospels, and pilgrimage to the shrine of St Cuthbert.

St Cuthbert's pectoral cross

9-12 September 2004:

REGIONS AND REGIONALISM IN HISTORY INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM

University of Northumbria.
Organised by AHRC Centre for North-East England History
The conference centred around five main themes: Regions and Politics, Regions and Culture, Regions and Economy, Regions and Space, and Regions and People. Thirty-eight papers were delivered over the four days which aimed to set the foundations and extend the parmaeters for future regional research. The proceedings are to be published by Boydell & Brewer in two volumes.

26th March 2004:

REGIONAL LOCAL HISTORY CONGRESS

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle and the Literary & Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Organised by NEEHI, in association with the above organisations.
To promote local initiatives and project developments, and float the idea of a forum for regional research initiatives.

12-14 September 2003:

THE INFLUENCE OF ROMANESQUE DURHAM ON MONASTERIES AND PARISH CHURCHES

Organised by AHRC Centre for North-East England
A three-day conference with field-trips to key sites in Durham, York and Selby. The conference explored the chronology, influences and uses of the Romanesque style in architecture and sculpture in Durham, North Yorkshire and the border region.

29th April 2003:

SECOND HISTORIC HEXHAM LECTURE

Hexham Middle School
Organised by the Historic Hexham Trust and Hexham Local History Society in association with the AHRC Centre for North-East England History
Dr Henry Summerson (Oxford): 'Order, Disorder and Criminal Activity in Medieval Northumberland'

11-14 Septemer 2002:

CAPTAIN COOK: EXPLORATIONS AND REASSESSMENTS

Held at the University of Teesside.
Investigating Cook's early training; his career in the Navy; his voyages in the Pacific and their impact on later modes of exploration. The proceedings were published as Captain Cook: Explorations and reassessments (edited Glyndwr Williams) by Boydell & Brewer in 2004.

portrait of Captain Cook (National MaritimeMuseum)

28 June - 1 July 2002:

NORTH-EAST ENGLAND IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES

The history of Durham stretches back 1000 years to a time when a party of monks chose this rocky outcrop enclosed by a great loop in the River Wear as a safe resting place for the remains of St. Cuthbert. The original wooden church they built became the beautiful Cathedral, and around it grew the town of old stone and winding streets.
This international conference offered a rare opportunity to focus upon the structure, governance and relationships of the North-East during the later medieval centuries.

28 September 2002:

THE CLOSE (COLLEGE) OF DURHAM AND OTHER CATHEDRALS: THE IMPACT OF THE REFORMATION

One day conference in Durham's historic Prior's Hall within the College grounds.
A rare opportunity to compare the use of monastic buildings of this time at Durham, Winchester, Canterbury and York. This one-day conference included a detailed study of the Close (College) at Durham with a guided tour of the peninsula, claustral area and College.

15 June 2002:

TYNESIDE AND THE SEA

Organised by The Medieval North East Seminar Group and The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle in association with the Open University.
A one-day conference providing new perspectives on the nature and structure of the quayside, facilities and use of the Tyne as a port.
Talks included Tony Barrow on the development of Seaton Sluice, showing how the site flourished then declined, a theme pursued by Alan Williams who argued powerfully for concerted efforts to study the rapidly vanishing industrial archaeology of the quaysides.

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS	NEEHI PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES Professor David Rollason (Durham) 'Shaping the North-East's Past: Medieval Durham Historians', The Lit & Phil, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, 3 October 2007 Professor Tony Pollard (Teesside) 'Region, Locality and Identity: the place of the Tees valley in history', The Dorman Museum, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, 7 November 2007 Professor Tony Hepburn (Sunderland) 'Belfast Nationalists and the Partition of Ireland', The Lit and Phil, 5 December 2007 Details of the programme for 2008 will be announced shortly
SOME PAST EVENTS	24 Nov 2005: BRITISH ACADEMY RALEIGH LECTURE With the title 'Mutualities and Obligations: changing social relationships in early modern England', the Raleigh Lecture for 2005 was delivered by Professor Keith Wrightson, Professor of History at Yale University and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Northern Studies, Northumbria University. The venue the lecture hall of the Mining Institute; the hub of the lecture to challenge the concept of a sharp change from mutual obligations to individualism in the 17th century. 31 Oct - 1 Nov 2005: ISONOMY COLLOQUIUM Isonomy is a method of surname analysis originally developed in biological anthropology to study historical genetics. The Centre's project is attempting to apply this technique to migration studies in order to questions which, by and large, cannot be answered directly from the census data e.g. the specific provenance of Irish migrants to the North-East, and residential and employment patterns of second- and later-generation Irish migrants.
	8 July 2005: HISTORY OF REGIONAL IDENTITIES IN NORTH-EAST ENGLAND Mining Institute, Newcastle Organised by NEEHI. The Annual Reporting Conference of the AHRC Research Centre brought together various research projects (currently nearing completion) on aspects of regional identity from the medieval period through to the modern day. An edited volume provisionally entitled The North-East of England in History: regional identities 1300-2000 is being prepared to draw all of their work together and present it in an accessible and lively way. 16-17 April 2005: CANON GREENWELL CONFERENCE Organised by the Department of Archaeology at Durham University and the AHRC Centre for North-East England History A one-day conference to look at the life and work of the antiquary William Greenwell (1820 - 1918), a prominent antiquarian, archaeologist and historian. He lived at a time when the British past was coming under intensive scrutiny: Greenwell and his peers worked on subjects ranging from the tools of the Stone Age, the barrows of the Bronze Age, Ancient Greek coins, Anglo-Saxon sculpture, old manuscripts and medieval architecture. 15 April 2005: THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF RELIGION Durham University Religious history and social history have tended to become estranged in recent decades, even though practitioners in both disciplines are often working with similar source material. This colloquium was intended to bring together a group of academics whose work has seen them approach the core issues from a variety of angles.
	2004-2005: LECTURES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TRANSLATION OF ST CUTHBERT Durham Cathedral. Organised by Friends of Durham Cathedral / NEEHI Covering the Translation of the body of St Cuthbert 1104, St Cuthbert's shrine, the Durham Liber Vitae, the Lindisfarne gospels, and pilgrimage to the shrine of St Cuthbert. 9-12 September 2004: REGIONS AND REGIONALISM IN HISTORY INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM University of Northumbria. Organised by AHRC Centre for North-East England History The conference centred around five main themes: Regions and Politics, Regions and Culture, Regions and Economy, Regions and Space, and Regions and People. Thirty-eight papers were delivered over the four days which aimed to set the foundations and extend the parmaeters for future regional research. The proceedings are to be published by Boydell & Brewer in two volumes. 26th March 2004: REGIONAL LOCAL HISTORY CONGRESS North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle and the Literary & Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne. Organised by NEEHI, in association with the above organisations. To promote local initiatives and project developments, and float the idea of a forum for regional research initiatives. 12-14 September 2003: THE INFLUENCE OF ROMANESQUE DURHAM ON MONASTERIES AND PARISH CHURCHES Organised by AHRC Centre for North-East England A three-day conference with field-trips to key sites in Durham, York and Selby. The conference explored the chronology, influences and uses of the Romanesque style in architecture and sculpture in Durham, North Yorkshire and the border region. 29th April 2003: SECOND HISTORIC HEXHAM LECTURE Hexham Middle School Organised by the Historic Hexham Trust and Hexham Local History Society in association with the AHRC Centre for North-East England History Dr Henry Summerson (Oxford): 'Order, Disorder and Criminal Activity in Medieval Northumberland'
	11-14 Septemer 2002: CAPTAIN COOK: EXPLORATIONS AND REASSESSMENTS Held at the University of Teesside. Investigating Cook's early training; his career in the Navy; his voyages in the Pacific and their impact on later modes of exploration. The proceedings were published as Captain Cook: Explorations and reassessments (edited Glyndwr Williams) by Boydell & Brewer in 2004. 28 June - 1 July 2002: NORTH-EAST ENGLAND IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES The history of Durham stretches back 1000 years to a time when a party of monks chose this rocky outcrop enclosed by a great loop in the River Wear as a safe resting place for the remains of St. Cuthbert. The original wooden church they built became the beautiful Cathedral, and around it grew the town of old stone and winding streets. This international conference offered a rare opportunity to focus upon the structure, governance and relationships of the North-East during the later medieval centuries. 28 September 2002: THE CLOSE (COLLEGE) OF DURHAM AND OTHER CATHEDRALS: THE IMPACT OF THE REFORMATION One day conference in Durham's historic Prior's Hall within the College grounds. A rare opportunity to compare the use of monastic buildings of this time at Durham, Winchester, Canterbury and York. This one-day conference included a detailed study of the Close (College) at Durham with a guided tour of the peninsula, claustral area and College. 15 June 2002: TYNESIDE AND THE SEA
	Organised by The Medieval North East Seminar Group and The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle in association with the Open University. A one-day conference providing new perspectives on the nature and structure of the quayside, facilities and use of the Tyne as a port. Talks included Tony Barrow on the development of Seaton Sluice, showing how the site flourished then declined, a theme pursued by Alan Williams who argued powerfully for concerted efforts to study the rapidly vanishing industrial archaeology of the quaysides. back to top