21 November – 25 November 2011
Historical fiction is more popular and critically well received than ever before, and its relationship with academic history is of increasing interest to historians. ‘Novel Approaches’ seeks to explore this phenomenon by bringing together a wide range of speakers, including academic and public historians, authors and publishers.
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The programme is also available through a downloadable PDF: Novel Approaches Online Conference Programme.
Monday 21 November
Introductions
10.30am Book review: The many faces of Thomas Cromwell (Mark R. Horowitz)
11am Lecture: Hilary Mantel and David Loades in conversation
1.30pm Competition announcement
4pm Book review: The dark side of Victorian London (Kaye Jones)
Opinion pieces: Jane Winters; Jennifer Higham; Simon Baker
Further conference information: Feature Highlights; Joining the discussion
Tuesday 22 November
The Popularity of Historical Fiction
9.30am Lecture: Elizabeth Chadwick
10.30am Book review: The Crusades (Jenny Benham)
11am Article: The omniscient narrator: the
historical technique of Penelope Fitzgerald (Jonathan Blaney)
4pm Book review: Queers, erotomaniacs and Victorians (Harry Cocks)
Opinion Pieces: Jonathan Blaney
Further conference information: Bibliographay and Online Resources; Search Techniques Handbook
Wednesday 23 November
The differences and similarities between historical fiction and academic history
9.30am Lecture: Maria Margaronis
10.30am Book review: Flyers and their traumas: the RAF in the Second World
11am Article: Why historians should write fiction (Ian Mortimer)
2pm Lecture: Beverley Southgate
4pm Book review: Shell-shocked: trauma, the emotions and WW1
Opinion pieces: Peter Robinson
Further conference information: Suggestions Box
Thursday 24 November
Does the success of historical fiction benefit or threaten academic history?
10.30am Book review: Telling Ghost Stories (Judith Harris)
11am Article: Researching the Nazis: The Girl in the Bunker (Tracey
4pm Book review: The many lives of John Bale (Matt Phillpott)
Opinion pieces: Danny Millum, Jenny Benham
Miscellaneous: Historical Resources workshop
Friday 25 November
Novel Approaches
9.30am Book review: Moscow as city and metaphor (Alexander Martin)
10.30am Lecture: Roundtable with our speakers
11am Article: A Quick Round-up of Class Opinion
11.30am Book Review: Debating the Cultural Revolution in China (Julia Lovell)
12pm Book Review: Restoration: fact and fiction in the stores of history
1pm Competition winners announced
2pm Book Review: Nun’s (not) on the run
3pm Article: A history of historical fiction (Matt Phillpott)
Additional: Conference Survey;
