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The Spring conference of the British Agricultural History will take place on Saturday 2nd May at Channing Hall in Sheffield City Centre

10.30-11.00 – Coffee and registration

11.00-12.00 Session 1: Thirsk prize winner 2025

John Bulaitis – ‘The ‘Tithe War’ of 1881-1936 in historical perspective’

12.00-13.00 Session 2

Claudia Soares – ‘The Great Lone Land: Emotions, Environment and Child Migration, c.1870-1920’

13.00 – Lunch

13.30 – AGM (for society members)

14.15-16.15 Session 3: Ecological and environment approaches to the rural past and present

Ian Rotherham – ‘Apart from Nature or a part of Nature: The implications of Cultural Severance, the Eco-cultural Commons, and studies from northern England’

Fred Bricknell – ‘Living with water shocks: Vernacular water knowledges and community action in early modern England’

16.30 – Depart

Venue:

Channing Hall, 45 Surrey Street, Sheffield City Centre, S1 2LG

The price is £30 (including coffee breaks and lunch) and tickets can be booked at Eventbrite here.