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Howard Williams's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
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Howard Williams deposited Living after Offa: Place-Names and Society Memory in the Welsh Marches on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
How are linear monuments perceived in the contemporary landscape and how do they operate as memoryscapes for today’s borderland communities? When considering Offa’s Dyke and Wat’s Dyke in today’s world, we must take into account the generations who have long lived in these monuments’ shadows and interacted with them. Even if perhaps only being dim…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Collaboratory, coronavirus and the colonial countryside on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
Introducing the second volume of the Offa’s Dyke Journal (ODJ), this five-part article sets the scene by reviewing: (i) key recent research augmenting last year’s Introduction (Williams and Delaney 2019); (ii) the key activities of the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory in 2020; (iii) the political mobilisation of Offa’s Dyke in the context of the COVID-1…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Archaeology in Alfred the Great (1969) and The Last Kingdom (2015-) in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoAlfred the Great (1969) was the first, and remains the only, feature-length film portraying the West Saxon king and his conflicts with the Danes. Forty-seven years later, Bernard Cornwell’s novels have been adapted for television as The Last Kingdom (2015–). Despite being fictional adaptions of historical events, and despite the considerable sep…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Archaeology in Alfred the Great (1969) and The Last Kingdom (2015-) in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoAlfred the Great (1969) was the first, and remains the only, feature-length film portraying the West Saxon king and his conflicts with the Danes. Forty-seven years later, Bernard Cornwell’s novels have been adapted for television as The Last Kingdom (2015–). Despite being fictional adaptions of historical events, and despite the considerable sep…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Death and Memory in Fragments: Project Eliseg’s Public Archaeology in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThe public archaeology of death has frequently focused on the ethics and practices of excavating, displaying and curating human remains and mortuary contexts. Yet the focus of investigation is often restricted to whole, articulated bodies and tangible, complete monuments. Far fewer discussions have tackled the complex challenges of engaging the…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Death and Memory in Fragments: Project Eliseg’s Public Archaeology in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThe public archaeology of death has frequently focused on the ethics and practices of excavating, displaying and curating human remains and mortuary contexts. Yet the focus of investigation is often restricted to whole, articulated bodies and tangible, complete monuments. Far fewer discussions have tackled the complex challenges of engaging the…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Public Archaeology for the Dark Ages in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis introductory chapter identifies the principal issues and themes in the public archaeology of the Early Middle Ages, exploring the specific and compelling challenges of investigating and evaluating the early medieval past in contemporary society mediated by archaeology. In doing so, we review and contextualise the contributions to the 3rd…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Public Archaeology for the Dark Ages in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis introductory chapter identifies the principal issues and themes in the public archaeology of the Early Middle Ages, exploring the specific and compelling challenges of investigating and evaluating the early medieval past in contemporary society mediated by archaeology. In doing so, we review and contextualise the contributions to the 3rd…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Displaying the Dark Ages in Museums in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoHow museums and heritage sites in England display the early medieval past is the focus of academic and public interest and debate. Despite ever-pressured budgets and limited resources, the stories told about the early medieval past in these environments are of key importance for the story of this island, and have become increasingly important in…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Displaying the Dark Ages in Museums in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoHow museums and heritage sites in England display the early medieval past is the focus of academic and public interest and debate. Despite ever-pressured budgets and limited resources, the stories told about the early medieval past in these environments are of key importance for the story of this island, and have become increasingly important in…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Archaeology in Alfred the Great (1969) and The Last Kingdom (2015-) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
Alfred the Great (1969) was the first, and remains the only, feature-length film portraying the West Saxon king and his conflicts with the Danes. Forty-seven years later, Bernard Cornwell’s novels have been adapted for television as The Last Kingdom (2015–). Despite being fictional adaptions of historical events, and despite the considerable sep…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Death and Memory in Fragments: Project Eliseg’s Public Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
The public archaeology of death has frequently focused on the ethics and practices of excavating, displaying and curating human remains and mortuary contexts. Yet the focus of investigation is often restricted to whole, articulated bodies and tangible, complete monuments. Far fewer discussions have tackled the complex challenges of engaging the…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Displaying the Dark Ages in Museums on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
How museums and heritage sites in England display the early medieval past is the focus of academic and public interest and debate. Despite ever-pressured budgets and limited resources, the stories told about the early medieval past in these environments are of key importance for the story of this island, and have become increasingly important in…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited Public Archaeology for the Dark Ages on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
This introductory chapter identifies the principal issues and themes in the public archaeology of the Early Middle Ages, exploring the specific and compelling challenges of investigating and evaluating the early medieval past in contemporary society mediated by archaeology. In doing so, we review and contextualise the contributions to the 3rd…[Read more]
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Howard Williams's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
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Howard Williams deposited The Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory and the Offa’s Dyke Journal in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoOpening the first volume of a new open-access peer-reviewed academic publication, we are pleased to introduce the Offa’s Dyke Journal. This venture stems from the activities of the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory, a research network founded in April 2017 to foster and support new research on the monuments and landscapes of the Anglo-Welsh bor…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited The Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory and the Offa’s Dyke Journal in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months agoOpening the first volume of a new open-access peer-reviewed academic publication, we are pleased to introduce the Offa’s Dyke Journal. This venture stems from the activities of the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory, a research network founded in April 2017 to foster and support new research on the monuments and landscapes of the Anglo-Welsh bor…[Read more]
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Howard Williams deposited The Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory and the Offa’s Dyke Journal on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago
Opening the first volume of a new open-access peer-reviewed academic publication, we are pleased to introduce the Offa’s Dyke Journal. This venture stems from the activities of the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory, a research network founded in April 2017 to foster and support new research on the monuments and landscapes of the Anglo-Welsh bor…[Read more]
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