Symposium: Aris's Birmingham Gazette
Date and time
This event is in celebration of the release of Aris's Birmingham Gazette on the National Newspaper Archive
About this event
This event is part of Birmingham Heritage Week
PROGRAMME
1300-1330 Registration, tea and coffee
1320-1330 Welcome
Session One: CONTEXTUALIZING Aris’s Birmingham Gazette
1330-1350: Malcolm Dick (University of Birmingham): Diversity in Birmingham as recorded in Aris’s
1350-1410: Caroline Archer (Birmingham City University): Printing and the printed word in Birmingham
1410-1430: Dave Harte (Birmingham City University): Tracing the history of Birmingham’s press: from local to hyperlocal
1430-1445 Q+A
1445-1500 tea and coffee break
Session Two: USING Aris’s Birmingham Gazette
1500-1520: Lucy Angus (Library of Birmingham): Digitizing Aris’s Birmingham Gazette
1520-1540: Peter Allen (Independent Researcher): Search methods for accessing Aris’s Birmingham Gazette
1540-1555: Q+A
1655-1600: Comfort break
Session Three: MINING Aris’s Birmingham Gazette
1615-1715: Panel discussion with Kate Croft, Ginny Harley, Elaine Mitchell, Malcolm Dick
1730-1930: Drinks reception