Welcome - Prof. Beat Kümin and Dr Naomi Pullin (Warwick) 

16.00-17.15. Section 1: Researching the Early Modern Midlands

Prof. Ann Hughes (Emerita Keele) - ‘Warwick Town and Warwick Castle in the Early Modern Period’

Prof. Andrew Hopper (Oxford) - ‘Public Engagement and the Civil War Petitions Project’

Dr Ruth Barbour (Secretary, Warwickshire Local History Society) - ‘Putting the Local into Warwickshire History’

17.15-18.00 Section 2: Heritage and the Lord Leycester Roundtable

Dr Hon. Philip Sydney, Governor (Lord Leycester)– Overview of the History of the Lord Leycester and the role of the Sidney family as Patrons.

Dr HeidiL. Meyer, Master (Lord Leycester) – The Roles of Master and Brethren since 1571

Alan Gill and Janet Brodie-Murphy, Brethren (Lord Leycester)– new Brethren to the Lord Leycester – a unique way of life

Bryony Goodwin, Heritage (Lord Leycester)– Roles in Heritage – Heritage Assistant Roles

Rufus Dent, Heritage(Lord Leycester)– Roles in Marketing in Heritage and its Challenges

Angus Crawford (Warwick) - 'The Hospital as a PhD Topic'.