These level 3 workshops are designed to provide you with detailed research guidance on key document collections held by The National Archives.
During each session students will receive in-depth information on a range of record series, their context and administrative background. Sessions will include lectures, practical exercises and hands-on document work.
The sessions are aimed at PhD students, postdocs and early career researchers. Professionals from the archive, heritage and research sectors are also welcome to attend.
Upcoming workshops
- 11 June 2024 – Medieval Legal Records
- 18 June 2024 – Early Modern Legal Records 1: Central Common Law Courts and Regional Justice
- 19 June 2024 – Early Modern Legal Records 2: Equity and Conciliar Courts
- 25 June 2024 – High Court of Admiralty
- 16 July 2024 – Modern Legal Records: Civil Justice and Society in England and Wales, c. 1840-1985
- 17 July 2024 – Modern Legal Records: Criminal Justice and Society in England, 1775-2000
Feedback
‘The workshop was fantastic. My only regret is that we didn’t have more time! I loved interacting with the original documents, and seeing how you can follow one name through a myriad of official documents was not only fascinating, but proved just how important these documents are, and how important staff and workshops are to helping us use them. Thank you!’
‘Thank you for an extremely informative workshop and letting us interact with some wonderful documents! The supporting guides and the pack are also so helpful, thank you. I look forward to visiting the archives again.’
‘I thoroughly enjoyed looking at the original documents, and the instruction of how to use them.’
‘Brilliant – I found out things I didn’t know existed.’
‘Such a useful workshop – best part was getting to pick the brains of archivists about my research area. Plenty to go on and useful suggestions of how and where to find things.’
‘Thank you for a fantastic week!’