World Heritage UK’s 2024 webinar # 7 – Towards a Narrative for Industrial World Heritage

Number 7 in a series of 7 webinar talks, on the UK’s World Heritage Industrial Heritage Sites – Tuesday 23rd July 2024 (PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE).

World Heritage topic: Towards a Narrative for Industrial World Heritage

Concluding our series on industrial World Heritage Ian Wray and Brandi Hall-Crossgrove will be in conversation about the need for narrative for industrial World Heritage, what it might include, what the pitfalls could be, and how we go about securing it.

Speakers: Brandi Hall-Crossgrove from Ironbridge WHS and Prof. Ian Wray from Liverpool University’s Heseltine Institute

Brandi is a 20th Century Central & Eastern Europe Historian, World Heritage Site Manager and Researcher. She is a trustee of World Heritage UK and the chair of the Industrial World Heritage UK Sub-Group. She is also a ICOMOS-UK Trustee and the co-chair of the ICOMOS Industrial Heritage International Scientific Committee.

Ian is the author of ‘Great British Plans; Who Made Them and How They Worked’, a columnist for Context magazine and a 50 Shades of Planning podcaster. He is Honorary Professor at Liverpool University’s Heseltine Institute and Professorial Fellow at Manchester University’s Planning School. He chairs the Liverpool Waters Conservation Board and was Chief Planner Northwest Development Agency 2000-2010.

Timings: 7 to 8pm, on Zoom. Zoom details usually sent out latest the day before the webinar.

Each webinar is recorded and uploaded to WHUK’s private YouTube channel. All ticket holders will be sent a link to the video, to revisit or catch up if the live talk was missed.

More details on this webinar to follow.

• Thu 11^th January – The Slate Landscape of NW Wales with David Gwyn (YouTube recording).
• Thu 8^th February – Forth Bridge with Mark Watson, Historic Environment Scotland and Karen Stewart, Fife Council (YouTube recording).
• Thu 7^th March – Derwent Valley Mills WHS with Adrian Farmer from Derbyshire County Council (YouTube recording).
• Thu 4^th April – Cornish Mining with Ainsley Cocks from Cornwall County Council (YouTube recording).
• Thu 2^nd May – Ironbridge Gorge with Marion Blockley, WHS Chair (YouTube recording).
• Thu 6^th June – Saltaire with Sheena Campbell, Saltaire World Heritage Officer and Maggie Smith, Saltaire Collection (YouTube recording).

Individual webinars cost £5 or buy all seven for £25.

Ticket sales for single tickets closes 3pm the day before the webinar.