History Archives - Leicester Vaughan College

Pilgrimage and Encounters with the Holy

Louis IX on pilgrimage to Nazareth, from Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, 14th century. The centre of the image portrays a figure dressed in a blue cloak and wearing a crown. The figure is kneeing before what must be the town. Behind this figure are three people on horseback, with one also wearing a crown and blue cloak.

This talks discusses how pilgrimage differs from other forms of travel and why does it remain popular today.

May Forum: The Gibberd Garden

An image of two Corinthian columns with trees in the background. There is a ornamental urn sculpture in the foreground.

A talk on Modernist architecture, sculpture, and new towns in the UK during the 20th century

March Forum

Front cover of Prashant Kidambi's book Cricket Country. This includes a photograph of the all Indian 1911 cricket team dressed in stripey blazers and white trousers.

Prashant Kidambi talks about the ‘Indian’ cricket team’s debut in imperial Britain in 1911 and how the idea of India was fashioned on the cricket pitch.

February Forum

This is the poster for the Exhibition Knowledge is Power. The is image is a man reading a book in an armchair with a radio close by. The exhibition details are that it is at the Weston Gallery, Nottingham, and runs from 27 October until 12 March 2023.

Is knowledge power? Professor John Holford reflects on the impact of Nottingham University’s adult education department and what it contributed to the city and the surrounding area.

October’s Forum – Civilian Internment in Britain during WW1

Pen and ink sketches of the interment camp on Isle of Man. The writing is in German so the sketches were presumably by someone interned there. There is an sketch of a row of huts; a sketch of rows of bell tents behind barbed wire; a sketch of British troops performing a flag-raising ceremony; and a map of the Isle of Man with the location of the camp on it. The map also features a Manx cat and the three leg symbol of the Isle of Man.

This talk will look at German and Austrian civilian internees on the Isle of Man during the First World War. How did they cope with ‘living with the wire’ for anything up to 5 years in captivity?

Living with the Wire

This talk will look at German and Austrian civilian internees on the Isle of Man during the First World War. How did they cope with ‘living with the wire’ for anything up to 5 years in captivity?

Dropped from Hell to Heaven: Internment in Switzerland during the First World War.

A talk on a more positive aspect of the wartime experience for prisoners of war who had already been through the hell of battle, wounding and incarceration – humanitarian internment in neutral Switzerland.

Networking in the past: funerary networks in central Italy in the first millennium BC

An examination of tomb types in different communities along the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas and in the Apennines. What can this category of evidence tell us about identities and a sense of belonging to different social and political networks?

Putting History on the TV and the Radio

Compared to other academic disciplines, History gets a lot of prime time TV and radio time. It’s consistently popular, but what are the effects of the compromises needed to keep the viewers and listeners happy? This talk will give you an opportunity discuss how history has been broadcast.

Vaughan Tradition Drop-in Session

Leicester Vaughan College - Jewry Wall Museum

The Vaughan Tradition is an event to gather stories, pictures and memories from those who worked or studied at Vaughan College.

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