The Treasure House in Beverley will welcome Professor Heather Shore (Leeds Beckett University) and Dr Helen Johnston (University of Hull) for a Criminal Ancestors workshop on Saturday, 2 June, from 9:30am to 3:30pm.
A public talk at the Treasure House in Beverley on Tuesday 13 February will offer a new perspective on the lives of those caught up in the convict system in the 19th century.
The talk by Dr Helen Johnston will discuss the rise of long-term imprisonment in England, in the aftermath of the end of transportation to Australia, through the establishment of the convict prison system during the mid-1850’s.
Beverley author Dr Helen Johnston is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Hull and with her co-authors has released a book lifting the lid on life in the Victorian Underworld.