Events

The 15th Century Conference, University of Essex, Colchester, 31 August – 2 September 2017
Memorial Lecture, Fareham Local History Society, October 2017 (details TBC)
‘Charting Chipeling: The History of Kiplin Hall’, YAYAS, the Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society, 17 January 2018
Norfolk and Norwich Historical Association, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 2018 (date TBC)

Courtauld Institute of Art, London (June 2017)
RHS, University of Chester (April 2017)
University College, Oxford (April 2017)
University of Huddersfield (April 2017)
York Waterstones (October 2016)
Storyhouse – Chester Literature Festival (October 2016)
White Rose Books, Thirsk (October 2016)
Ilkley Literature Festival (October 2016)
Ripon International Festival (September 2016)
Listed Property Show, Harrogate HIC (March 2016)
Masham Local History Group (September 2015)
Arkendale WI (February 2015)
University of York Autumn Public Lecture Series (December 2014)
Bedale Archaeology and History Society (January 2014)
Sensing the Sacred: Religion and the Senses, 1300–1800, University of York (June 2013)
Religious Men in the Middle Ages, University of Huddersfield (July 2012)
Medieval Research Group, University of Leeds (Mar 2012) (invited speaker0
Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland (Mar 20120
Institute for Historical Research (Jan 2012)
European Reformation Research Group (2011)
British Archaeological Association Annual Conference, Newcastle and Northumberland (2010)

‘”Sensing” the Past: Uncovering the Experience of Late Medieval Pilgrimage’, Medieval Research Group, University of Leeds (2012)
‘The architecture of the church in Northeast England’, North Eastern Catholic Society (2014).
‘Unlock The Secrets of Your Home’, Bedale Hall; Mercer Art Gallery (2014)
‘The Secrets behind your Front Door: discovering the history of your home’, NYCRO Local and Family History Day (2014)
‘The Medieval Cult of Durham Cathedral Priory’, Friends of Durham Cathedral (2014)
‘Pilgrimage in the North’, Durham WHS Public Lecture Series 2012–13, invited by Dr Sarah Semple to speak alongside eminent scholars inc. Dame Professor Rosemary Cramp, Professor Chris Gerrard, and Dr Dave Petts (2013).
‘The Beauty of Stained Glass’, Mini Archaeology Series, Life Science Centre, Newcastle (2011).
(And coordinator of stained glass exhibition) – Community Medieval Day, St. Margaret’s Church, Durham (2010).
‘The monumental and the private: the sensory experience of medieval pilgrimage art and architecture’, New Approaches to Medieval Religious Cultures, German Historical Institute and Birmingham University (2010)

Researching Your Home
The Architectural History of the British Isles
The Ladies of Langollen: lesbianism, cross-dressing, and alternative lifestyles in Georgian England
The Sensory Experience of the Medieval Past
How to ‘read’ the past
The Real Downton Abbey: The Country House and the Yorkshire Inspiration
The Horrible History of the Home
Pilgrimage, Cult of the Saints and the Medieval Church
Lady Elizabeth Montagu, Yorkshire, and the Bluestocking Society
The Pilgrim Routes of Britain
How to Build a Cathedral
Tudor Homes of North Yorkshire
Richard III, the Nevilles, and the hostage situation of Katherine Parr at Snape Castle
The History and Inhabitants of Kiplin Hall
Prodigy Houses of England
Jeremiah Dixon: The Man behind the creation of the USA. His Life and Legacy (Emma’s ancestor)
The Beauty of Stained Glass
The English Parish Church
History, Art, and Architecture of England’s Cathedrals
The Senses and the Reformation: Worship following the Break with Rome
The History of Yorkshire
The Dissolution of the Monasteries in Yorkshire

Please see Emma’s Contact page if you’d like to ask her to talk to your group.