World Heritage Webinars – Industrial Heritage Season Two # 3: Blaenavon

The third in a series of four webinars, that will showcase Industrial World Heritage Sites from across the UK.

This third webinar will focus on Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in Wales. Your speaker is Dr Nathan Matthews.

Nathan is a Blaenavon Town Councillor and served two terms as Mayor. He has been involved with the Blaenavon World Heritage Site, in various capacities, for over 25 years. He is Chairman of the Blaenavon World Heritage Site Partnership’s Exploring and Enjoying the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape Working Group and a member of the Partnership Board. He has previously held roles at Blaenavon World Heritage Centre and the Blaenavon Community Museum. He is Chairman of Blaenavon Local History Society, Secretary of Blaenavon Civic Society, and Vice President of Torfaen Museum Trust. His doctoral research examined the use of digital technology in UK industrial World Heritage Sites. He holds a first-class degree in History from Cardiff University and has published several books and articles on the history of Blaenavon.

Other talks in this series include:

• Tuesday 20th January – New Lanark (YouTube recording)
• Tuesday 03rd February – Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (YouTube recording)
• Tuesday 21st April – UK Industrial Heritage Trail

Details:

• Webinar timings – 7-8pm UK time
• Online platform – All webinars will run on Zoom
• All webinars will be recorded and uploaded to WHUK’s private YouTube account; all ticket holders will be provided the link later in the week after the webinar
• Single tickets are £5; a series ticket for all four is £15

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