In the classroom
One of the aims of the group of people who worked to establish CEAS in 1966 was that the Centre would be interdisciplinary, and so we hope to have a presence in the seminar and lecture rooms not just for History students, but also for Literature, Drama & Creative Writing, for Film & Television Studies, for Art, and elsewhere across the University. The Centre hopes to inspire academics to present their research, and to absorb ideas from the students, who might turn their attention to the region’s rich past. Colleagues in the School of History use regional case studies for teaching, and they also supervise undergraduate and post-graduate dissertations with a focus on East Anglia.
‘Local History, Global Resonance?’
CEAS Roundtable for the First-Year undergraduate module “History, Controversy, and Debate”, 2023
In this Centre of East Anglian Studies roundtable, three scholars of three distinct periods will ask how understandings of the local can inform broader perspectives on global and transnational history.
Each will share a distinct case study, from medieval, early modern, and modern history respectively, demonstrating the multiple interconnections between regional developments and processes that shaped broader historical trends.
These examples, alongside readings that probe other localities, will serve as the basis to discuss a core question: Does local history matter?
Dr Eliza Hartrich
Dr Joel Halcomb
Dr Richard Mills
Photo: At Plough, the end of the furrow, Peter Henry Emerson, 1887. Public Domain, CC4.