Speakers

Speakers from academia, museums, archives and public organisations will address a wide range of topics themed around Yorkshire's rich textile heritage including:

The Industrial Revolution reconsidered
Leeds: tweeds and tailors
Bradford and the wider world
Textile history through archival collections
Cloth Halls, mills and global brands

Speakers include:

Regina Lee Blaszczyk
Project Leader for Enterprise of Culture / Rethinking Textiles, School of History, University of Leeds

Gill Cookson
School of History, University of Leeds

Elaine Evans & Claire Watson
Yorkshire Fashion Archive, University of Leeds

Helen Farrar
Curator of Textiles, Bradford College Textile Archive

Barbara Hahn
Rethinking Textiles, School of History, University of Leeds

Liz McIvor
Bradford Industrial Museum

Nima Poovaya-Smith
Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of Leeds /Director of Alchemy 

Natalie Raw
Curator of Costume and Textiles, Leeds Museums and Galleries

John Styles
Research Professor in History, University of Hertfordshire / Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Victoria and Albert Museum

Steven Toms
Leeds University Business School

Phil Ward (Sustainable Development Unit) & Neall Bower (Regeneration Team)
Leeds City Council

Pat Hudson
Emeritus Professor of Economic History at Cardiff University

Heritage Show + Tell guests include:

Helen Graham (University of Leeds) and Helen Langwick (Royal Armouries)
Hosts

Gill Crawshaw
Shoddy Arts

Helen Parrott
Artist and writer

Ann Sumner
Head of Cultural Engagement, University of Leeds

More information about individual talks and speakers can be seen via the menu to the left.