Yale Professor returns to the North-East

A History Professor from the prestigious Yale University in the USA will return to the region next week. He will be giving a free talk at the University of Teesside about the great plague of 1636.

Keith Wrightson, who is originally from the North-East, will deliver a paper at the Centre for Regional and Local Historical Research and History Section’s Research Seminar on Thursday 17 May at 4.30pm. The talk is open to the public and will be held in room 613 of the University’s main tower block on the sixth floor.

His paper, entitled ‘Ralph Taylor’s summer: a Newcastle scrivener and the great plague of 1636’ will focus on the impact of the plague in Newcastle.

Professor Wrightson graduated from Cambridge University and is a scholar of early modern British history. He began his teaching career at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where he was a lecturer in modern history from 1975-1984.

He moved to Yale in 1999 where he is currently the Randolph W Townsend Jr Professor of History. In 2001 he was awarded the John Ben Snow Prize, presented by the North American Conference on British Studies. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the British Academy.

Diana Newton, Chair of the Centre for Regional and Local Historical Research said: “This is an excellent opportunity to hear a prestigious international scholar talking about his ongoing research into a topic of direct relevance to the North-Eastern region.”

For further information contact Diana on 01642 384061.

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