RHN 31/2026 | Event
Organisers: British Agricultural History Society
2 May 2026, Channing Hall in Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, UK
BAHS Spring Conference 2026
The Spring conference of the British Agricultural History will take place on Saturday 2nd May at Channing Hall in Sheffield City Centre
Program
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.
Further information and registration: https://www.bahs.org.uk/bahs-spring-conference-2026/
Source: https://www.bahs.org.uk/bahs-spring-conference-2026/