The end of the Diamond Jubilee year affords an opportunity to look back and examine a neglected aspect of the history of the monarchy: the engagement with new forms of media. The British Library, in collaboration with the Royal Archives and the IHR, has curated a special collection of archived web resources, available as part of the UK Web Archive. This raises many interesting questions, which might fruitfully be addressed in historical context.

The Monarchy and New Media
Thursday, 7 February 2013
Institute of Historical Research, London
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 30 January 2013 by 9:00am
The event will include the formal launch of the jubilee collection, with reflections from the British Library and the Royal Archives on the experience of creating it, and one historian’s engagement with the collection itself.

The price of attendance, including lunch, will be £10.

• 10.15 Register and coffee
• 10.45 Introduction
• 10.55 Miles Taylor, Institute of Historical Research – Overview
• 11.25 Michael Hughes, University of Oxford – Telegraphy
• 11.55 Simon Potter, University of Bristol – Radio
• 12.25 Lunch
• 13.30 Edward Owens, University of Manchester – Newsreel
• 14.00 Jan Faull, British Film Institute – Television
• 14.30 Coffee
• 14.45 Panel session – The Internet
• 15.15 Close

Download the PDF of the programme here: Monarchy-and-New-Media.pdf

To register, click here.