We’re delighted that you can now book tickets for this year’s conference, at Scarborough Library, here:
If the above booking portal isn’t working, please email us at help@ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk
Please be aware that space is limited due to the constraints of our venue. If you’re presenting at the conference, we’ve already accounted for you and there’s no need to book your own space. We look forward to welcoming you all to Scarborough in June!
If you’re experiencing difficulties with registration, or have any other questions, you can get in touch with us at help@ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk
Our PDF programme will be uploaded shortly. In the meantime, please find an outline of the programme below.
Programme – Friday 6th June
09.00am – Arrival
09.30am – Welcome and Introductions
10.00am – Panel 1: Governing Yorkshire
- David Crouch – “Before the Wapentakes: Hundreds and Sokes in Early Medieval Yorkshire”
- Richard Hoyle – “Improvement and the Forest of Knaresborough in the 1790s”
11.00am – KEYNOTE: David Pendleton
12.00pm – Lunch
1.00pm – KEYNOTE: Jo Fletcher
2.00pm – Panel 2: Literary Yorkshire: Writers on and of the North Yorkshire Coast
- Andrew Breeze – “Eighth-Century Whitby and England’s Earliest Woman Writer”
- Jonathan Brockbank – “Fact, Fiction and Faction: Leo Walmsley’s Yorkshire Coast”
3.00pm – Panel 3: Untold Stories: Multiculturalism and diverse contributions in 20th Century Yorkshire
- Adam Gadie– “Immigration and Diaspora: African Mariners in Hull, 1900-1945”
- Rosalind O’Dean – “Forgotten Soldiers, Hidden Sacrifice”
4.00pm – Panel 4: 20th Century Bradford: Lived Experience and Identity in a West Yorkshire City
- Ella McFarlane – “Community, Belonging, and Queer Identity in 1990s Bradford”
- Hannah Parkes – “Valley Mentality’? Identities, localities, and being a Bradfordian”
5.00pm – End of conference, final remarks