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The 2022 Maurice Bond Lecture – Covid and the Historian
The BRA’s Maurice Bond Memorial Lecture, delayed by Covid, was delivered at Guildhall Library on 23 February 2022. The speaker was Martin Daunton, Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor at Gresham College. His subject was 'Covid and the Historian'.
In a wide-ranging survey, Professor Daunton reflected on how the experience of the Covid pandemic will cause historians to look afresh at past crises, with greater understanding and from a new standpoint. The 1919 epidemic of Spanish Flu was one of his examples. He found ...
Archives of crisis and conspiracy: the digital future
This webinar is one of a series of six organised by the British Records Association's Archives Advocacy Group which will be held during 2021 and 2022. The aim of the series is to raise and debate questions surrounding the criticality and value of archives and records as information and evidence. questions such as:
What does the record - be it in hard copy paper format, digital or other media - mean to us?
Why should we be concerned about its survival?
How can the authenticity and significance of records be assessed?
How can perceived barriers to the access ...
Maurice Bond Lecture tickets now available
"Living through a pandemic has forced historians to look anew at previous crises and to interrogate archives with different assumptions. It also makes us think about what material we should be generating for future historians."
Martin Daunton, Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professor at Gresham College will consider the topic of Covid and the Historian in the British Record Association's 2021 Maurice Bond Lecture.
We will also take the opportunity to present the 2021 Janette Harley Prize to Dr Amy Erickson for her ...
