Cambridge University – Courses & Conferences
Below we have information supplied by the Institute of Continuing Education and the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Part of Cambridge University the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) is based at Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge. CB23 8AQ. Although the information we list relates primarily to local history I believe that ICE arranges courses in many other subjects as well. More details of their courses can be found by visiting their website: http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk
ICE Historic Environment Courses: landscape and gardens 2010 -2011
The history and archaeology of landscapes parks and gardens. These courses are suitable for individuals, volunteers and professionals. Accredited and non-accredited part-time courses. Study for one day, a weekend, over several weeks, or over nine months. There is a fee for all these courses – details can be found on the ICE website.
Accredited Courses include:
Advanced Diploma in Historic Environment. (Cambridge)
5 supervisions over 9 months.
Diploma of Higher Education in Historic Environment. (Cambridge) Courses are held over a number of evenings or weekends. Subjects include:
Agricultural production in the landscape. Conservation and interpretation of designed landscapes. Region and settlement. Urban and suburban designed landscapes. Introduction to archaeological field survey.
Certificate of Higher Education in Historic Environment. (Cambridge) Courses include:
Designed landscapes from the Romans to the Restoration. Introduction to field archaeology. Prehistoric and Roman sites, monuments and landscapes. Victorian and Edwardian designed landscapes.
Non-accredited Courses. (Cambridge)
“From here to eternity”? Death and the wider landscape of Stonehenge.
Residential weekends at Madingley Hall. (Cambridge)
Evolution of the early college gardens. Victorian to modern college gardens. Buildings in the landscape. The Georgian garden II. Introduction to place-name studies. Arts and Crafts gardens 1850 -1950. The landscape of battle, from Hannibal to Monty. Sheep on the hills – wool on their backs: the medieval wool trade. Impressionist gardens: painted and planted canvas.
Day-schools at Madingley Hall. (Cambridge) Courses include:
Pastures, greens and commons. Moot and hundred meeting places.
Some of these courses start in September 2010. For further information please check on Institute of Continuing Education website (link above) or e mail historicenvironment@ice.cam.ac.uk
Historic Environment Research Conferences (HERC) 2010 -2011 - Mc Donald Institute for Archaeological Research.
The Historic Environment Research Conferences programme presents three one-day research conferences spread across the academic year, whose aims are:
- to bring together leading scholars in their fields, academic and professional to discuss new and/or unpublished innovative research;
- to provide an opportunity for all those interested in the historic environment to engage with this work, including members of the public, professionals, scholars, policy makers and volunteers.
Sat 27 November 2010 – Managing water in pre-drainage fen and marsh.
Closing date for applications: 17 Nov 2010
Sat 26 February, 2010 - Place-names and landscape: recent research
Closing date for applications: 16 Feb 2011
Sat 21st May, 2011 – Designing with water: new work in garden history
Closing date for applications: 11 May 2011
Venue for all the above research conferences: Room LG17, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, West Road, Cambridge.
There is a fee for these conferences. To find out more go to: http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk or contact Dr Susan Oosthuizen via e mail: smo23@cam.ac.uk or by post at: HERC, c/o McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3ER. Phone Enquiries (office hours only) 0758 3151685.
Websites of Interest:
British History Online
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/map.aspx now have digitised versions of all the first edition 1: 10650 maps created towards the end of the 19th Century. Appealing to all, these maps are also very useful to people interested in their local landscape and its history.
Wonderful photographic archive on English Heritage’s new website Viewfinder.
There is an enormous range of places and subjects in the archive. The web address is:
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/
LDHS wishes to thank Dr Susan Oosthuizenfor providing us with this information.