BAHS Spring Conference 2026

The Spring conference of the British Agricultural History will take place on 2nd May at Channing Hall in Sheffield.

Programme:

10.30-11.00 - coffee and registration

11.00-12.00 - Thirsk prize winner 2025

• John Bulaitis - 'The 'Tithe War' of 1881-1936' in historical perspective

12.00-13.00 - TBC

13.00 - Lunch

13.30 - AGM (for society members)

14.15-16.15 - Panel: Ecological and environment approaches to the rural past and present

• Ian Rotherham - 'Apart from Nature or a part of Nature: The implications of Cultural Severance, the Eco-cultural Commons, and studies from northern England'
• Fred Bricknell - 'Living with water shocks: Vernacular water knowledges and community action in early modern England'

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