Enfilade

Nathan Drake, The New Terrace Walk, York, ca. 1756, oil on canvas, 76 × 107 cm
(York Art Gallery)

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From the York Georgian Society:

York and the Georgian City: Past, Present, and Future
King’s Manor, York, 18 May 2024

Joint conference presented by the York Georgian Society and the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies, University of York

The aim of this conference is to re-evaluate the notion of York as a Georgian city, which was one of the founding premises of the York Georgian Society in 1939. It will examine to what extent York can be described as a ‘Georgian’ city, and whether that label is relevant or meaningful in the present day. Why not a medieval, or a Victorian city? Is ‘Georgian’ merely a paradigm for good taste?

Keynote Presentations
• Rosemary Sweet (University of Leicester), When Did York Become Georgian?
• Madeleine Pelling (historian, writer, and broadcaster), Writing on the Wall: Graffiti, Rebellion and the Making of 18th-Century Britain

Other talks will include Constance Halstead on Anne Lister, Rachel Feldberg on Jane Ewbank, Matt Jenkins on whether York is an archetypical Georgian city, and John Mee on Manchester College, York. The full programme will be posted nearer the event.

Standard ticket prices (which include morning coffee, a light lunch, afternoon tea, and a reception) are £25; with discounted rates available to students (£5) and YGS members and University of York Staff (£15). Tickets can be booked here.