The primary purpose of H-Albion is to enable historians more easily to discuss research interests, teaching methods and the state of historiography. H-Albion is especially interested in methods of teaching history to graduate and undergraduate students in diverse settings.
As many of you will already have heard, J.M. Beattie died of cancer on 12 July 2017. John's family have created a lovely memorial page, which allows people to upload their memories of this remarkable historian.
https://jmbeattiememorial.wixsite.com/johnbeattie
Allyson N. May
Dear all,
The sixth Law and Governance in Britain Conference, co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Faculty of Law, Western University, will take place on 20-21 October 2017. This conference focuses on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain. Information about the event, including the programme and registration details, will be found here:
http://history.uwo.ca/Conferences/law-and-governance/index.html
Dear H-Albion Members,
The Northeast Conference on British Studies will hold its annual fall meeting on October 13th and 14th at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. Registration is now open for this meeting. Details can be found at www.necbs.org. The regular registration rate (including meals and receptions) is $90. The graduate student rate is $30. To ensure these rates, attendees should register by September 30th.
The Hakluyt Society Symposium 2017 brings together travel literature and
Francis Young, ed. Rookwood Family Papers, 1606-1761. Suffolk Records Society Series. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2016. Illustrations. 184 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78327-080-4.
Reviewed by Michael Questier (Queen Mary University of London)
Published on H-Albion (August, 2017)
Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth
