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