Spring Talks: Durham World Heritage Site & The City of Durham Trust
Saturday 2 May, 2 pm to 4 pm in Elvet Riverside ER140
Prof Colleen Batey: ‘Lived lives… telling the story of the highs, lows and daily struggles in the archaeological record’
Dr Jane Lovell: ‘Magical heritage, new animism and conversations with nature’
These two distinguished speakers will present different but complementary accounts of how to reach back and tell the story of our heritage. Colleen will be very much evidence-based, discussing what we can authentically reconstruct and conjecture from the archaeological record, whereas Jane will speak more about how visitors are enticed by the imagined stories of natural and cultural heritage.
Colleen Batey is our first Heritage 360 & World Heritage Site Honorary Professor. She is an expert on the Vikings in Scotland.
Jane Lovell is Reader at Canterbury Christ Church University and WHS lead on UNESCO’S UK National Commission project about storytelling.
Entry is free and all are welcome!
