University of York Public History Today: In conversation with Greg Jenner

Join the University of York’s Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past for a public lecture and conversation with Greg Jenner, the historian, author and broadcaster best known for You’re Dead To Me and his work on Horrible Histories. The event explores the role of public history in today’s world and looks at how the past is communicated through books, podcasts, television and wider culture.

Greg Jenner will be joined by Will Tullett of the Department of History to reflect on his career and to discuss the strange, funny and important ways in which people engage with the past. The conversation offers insight into public history as a discipline and into the many forms it can take outside the classroom and archive.

The Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past works with museums, archives, heritage sites, the media, artists and community organisations to make and research diverse and inclusive public histories. This event will be of interest to anyone curious about history, heritage, storytelling and the public life of the past.