Event Details

End: February 10, 2014
Contact: emarchivesconference2014@gmail.com
More Info: http://emarchivesconference2014.wordpress.com

This conference is intended for postgraduate students who wish to increase their skills in archival research. The majority of postgraduate students specialising in the early modern period will at some point in their research require access to archival sources. Unfortunately, many do not receive guidance in how to use these sources or advice about other sources which could also benefit their research. This conference will bring postgraduate students and academic historians together with staff from the National Archives in order to showcase research with archival sources, facilitate open discussions on the use of archives, and create networks between postgraduate students and archival staff. Subject areas covered by the conference will include (but are not limited to): *Economic history (including the Exchequer, account books, building records, etc.) *Military history *Religious history *History of literature and drama. *Gender and family history (through diaries, household account books and family papers) *History of the monarchy *Imperial history (including exploration and colonial history) *Studies of particular individuals and families (through family papers) *Legal history (including crime, punishment and legal disputes in early modern society) *European Renaissance through art and architecture *Methodological approaches/problems to archival investigation