A special skills session, open to all History postgraduates, led by Dr Jack Elliot, exploring the use -- and uses -- of material culture in historical argument and analysis. Material culture includes objects, images and ephemera not traditionally explored for their testimony about the past. However, historians can also examine more traditional printed texts and images through the lens of their material form to develop new insights into questions of production, audience, and access. The use of material culture is also of increasing importance in the communication of historical knowledge to wider audiences, and to public engagement in history-making.

Location: The Graduate Space, Fourth Floor Extension, Humanities Building

Time: 10:30-12:30

Tea, coffee and snacks provided.

This year's skills sessions convened by Dr Roberta Bivins.