Local History Conference 2014

LONDON & MIDDLESEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
49th Local History Conference
Saturday 22 November 2014
10.30am – 4.30pm
Weston Theatre, Museum of London

COPPERS, CROOKS & COUNSEL: LAW & ORDER IN LONDON

10.30-11.00 Doors open: displays by societies in Clore Learning Centre

11.00 Opening by John Clark, President of LAMAS

11.05 Portals of the Law: How People Got Access to Justice in Medieval London - Dr Penny Tucker, historical author

11.50 Transported Beyond the Seas: Criminal Justice and the Experience of Punishment in the Late 18th & 19th Centuries - Tim Hitchcock, Professor of Digital History, University of Sussex

12.35 Presentation of Local History Publications Award - introduced by John Hinshelwood

12.45-2.00 Lunch break - time to view societies’ displays

2.00 The Police of London in Transition 1750-1850 - Jerry White, Professor of History, Birkbeck

2.45 London’s Prisons in the 19th Century - Alex Werner, Head of History Collections, Museum of London

3.15 - 4.00 tea available in the foyer & the upstairs display area

4.00 Detectives in Fiction – Dr Kathryn Johnson, British Library Library

4.30 Close