Lancaster Historical Postgraduate Conference (LHPC)

It was a fascinating paper, Ed! Thank you for sharing your research with us, and for all of your work in helping to organise LHPC 2025!

Thank you for attending, Megan! It was wonderful to hear you share such fascinating research!

A wonderful paper, Leon, thank you so much for coming!

Thank you for attending, Gemma! Your paper was incredible, and we hope you share your research with us again in the coming years!

Thank you for sharing your research with us, Alex! It was a fascinating paper, and we can't wait to see the book in print!

A wonderful paper, Amy! Thank you so much for sharing your research with us!

Looking forward to talking about how we can see gender interact with Plantagenet petionary culture!

Panel 14 & 15: ‘From the Personal to the Global: WWII’ and ‘Administering Empire’
📍 27 June 2025 | 16:10 | Frankland Lecture Theatre/ Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Faraday Complex, Lancaster University 📍

Panel 12 & 13: ‘20th-century Feminist Activism’ and ‘Navigating Early Medieval World’
📍 27 June 2025 | 11:30 | Frankland Lecture Theatre/ Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Faraday Complex, Lancaster University 📍

Panel 10 & 11: ‘Historicising Religion and Ritual’ and ‘Popular Culture and Fashion’
📍 27 June 2025 | 9:30 | Frankland Lecture Theatre/ Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Faraday Complex, Lancaster University 📍

Panel 7 & 8 & 9: ‘Class and Identity’, ‘Literature and Media’, ‘Contested Histories: Museums and Heritage’
📍 26 June 2025 | 16:05 | Frankland Lecture Theatre/ Faraday Lecture Theatre/ Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Faraday Complex, Lancaster University 📍

Panel 5 & 6: ‘Travel and Bodily Experiences’ and ‘History of Public Health and Education’
📍 26 June 2025 | 14:15 | Frankland Lecture Theatre/ Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Faraday Complex, Lancaster University 📍

Panel 3 & 4: ‘Historicising Urban Experiences’ and ’Communities and Local Histories’
📍 26 June 2025 | 11:30 | Frankland Lecture Theatre/ Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Faraday Complex, Lancaster University 📍

Panel 1 & 2: ‘Gender, Power, Upheaval c.1300-1600’ and ‘Philosophical Perspectives’

📍 26 June 2025 | 9:30 | Frankland Lecture Theatre/ Cavendish Lecture Theatre

Faraday Complex, Lancaster University 📍

❗ One week to go!! ❗

There's only one week to go until LHPC 2025 kicks off at Lancaster Castle! Here are a few reminders of what you'll need to prepare before you arrive, and don't forget to register for Yvonne's fascinating keynote lecture!

Link here ---> lnkd.in/eH-zp_pq

Very proud and happy to be working on some Elmetian related musings with @souljaleonn.bsky.social for @l-h-p-c.bsky.social and beyond

Looking forward to doing twin presentations with @alexharvv.bsky.social at @l-h-p-c.bsky.social in a few weeks

Our presentations are the result of a little side project we’re working on.

🚨KEYNOTE LECTURE ALERT 🚨

Yvonne’s pioneering work in historical human reconstruction brings King Richard III to life with stunning realism. Join us as Yvonne shares her 10-year journey to unite experts across science, art, and history to reveal the voice of the king 👑

Book here!
lnkd.in/eH-zp_pq

⏰SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!!⏰

Thank you so much to everyone who sent in an abstract for LHPC 2025! The organising committee have now had the chance to organise every paper into a themed panel, and successful applicants have been emailed with details about their panel, ticketing and more!

Ready to create the next chapter of LHPC history?

Submit your abstracts here! 🔽

www.epoch-magazine.com/news/lhpc-2025

⏰Just one week to go before we reach our extended submission deadline of May 6th for LHPC 2025!⏰

Scan the QR code below or follow the link to submit your abstract!

www.epoch-magazine.com/news/lhpc-2025

🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨
There's more time to apply to speak at LHPC 2025! We are extending our submission deadline to 6 May.

Submit your paper by 6 May for a chance to present at our conference this June. Don’t miss this opportunity to share your research with an international audience.

Apply now!

Come romanticise academia with us and present the paper you dreamed up at 2 am under a flickering desk lamp 👀
And maybe finally cite that one obscure historian you’ve been secretly admiring 🖋️

👀 A new novel by Donna Tartt or...

... our 30-year tradition of gathering minds drawn to mystery, myth, and meaning?🏰✨

Submit your abstract to us.
Let your voice haunt the halls🏰

This year, the LHPC team have introduced a new logo which incorporates Lancaster's famous castle into the design - read more below!

Apply here! www.epoch-magazine.com/news/lhpc-2025

📍We’ve put together answers to some of the most common questions about the conference—so you have everything you need at a glance!

Ready to join us? Submit your paper today using the link in our bio!

Simon and Ruth-Anne with the Litfest logo. The logo is an outline of Lancaster's skyline with the tag-line 'The World into Words".

I'll be at @litfest.bsky.social in just two weeks, talking all things Cotton Famine with @simonrennie.bsky.social from @uniofexetercvs.bsky.social and Jack Southern from @uclan.ac.uk.

📅 Sunday 16th March, 2pm
🗺️ Lancaster Central Library

Registration links are below, see you there!

🎉Call for Papers!🎉

Last year's keynote was the incredible Dr Andrea Livesey, a specialist in slavery and it’s legacies in the US and UK. This year we will bring you two fantastic keynote speakers to celebrate our 30th anniversary!

Submit your abstracts here! www.epoch-magazine.com/news/lhpc-2025

Did you know that LHPC welcomes submissions from all disciplines as long as your paper is historical in focus?

Head to our website to submit your brilliant research and connect with researchers from around the world ✅

Link below!
www.epoch-magazine.com/news/lhpc-2025

LHPC 2025 | Lived Histories: Peoples and Culture The Lancaster Historical Postgraduate Conference is an annual academic conference for postgraduate researchers and early career researchers working on all periods of history and topics of historical i...

⏰ Call For Papers is NOW LIVE! ⏰

Please follow the link below to submit your abstract (max.250 words). Our theme is 'Lived Histories: Peoples and Cultures', but we welcome submissions from on all topics and disciplines, provided they are historical in focus. The deadline is 20th April 2025.