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The Galle Family Charters (2025)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2025, July). The Galle Family Charters. Paper presented at Leeds International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds

Part of a series of panels, organised by myself and Jess Holt (Univ. of Lincoln), on record production in Lincoln (town, county, and diocese) this paper begins to explore the Galle family charters, and presents some preliminary findings.

Learning to Play Well with Others? Jews and Christians as Neighbours in Medieval English Towns (2025)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2025, May). Learning to Play Well with Others? Jews and Christians as Neighbours in Medieval English Towns. Presented at Historical Association Annual Conference, Liverpool

There was a Jewish presence in medieval England from shortly after the Norman Conquest (1066) until the general expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290. For much of this period, Jews and Christians lived together in towns across England. This talk... Read More about Learning to Play Well with Others? Jews and Christians as Neighbours in Medieval English Towns.

Real and Imagined Neighbours and Neighbourliness in the Case of Little Hugh of Lincoln (2025)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2025, May). Real and Imagined Neighbours and Neighbourliness in the Case of Little Hugh of Lincoln. Presented at Living Together while Living Apart: Exploring Jewish-Christian Neighborhoods in Medieval Europe, Freie Universität Berlin

An invited contribution, this paper will explore Neighbours and Neighbourliness in Lincoln between 1255 and 1257, through official records and narrative sources.

Magna Carta and the Jews, 1215-1300 (2025)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2025, February). Magna Carta and the Jews, 1215-1300

An invited lecture, this paper is part of a series on the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta (1225).

This lecture explores the implications of Magna Carta for the Anglo-Jewish community. The 1215 Charter of Liberties has long been discussed by histo... Read More about Magna Carta and the Jews, 1215-1300.

Neighbours: Jews, Christians, and medieval Colchester (2025)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2025, February). Neighbours: Jews, Christians, and medieval Colchester. Presented at Jewish Historical Society of England (Essex Branch), Chigwell United Synagogue

An invited lecture, this paper will explore Jews and Christians as neighbours in medieval England, through the lens of the Colchester Jewry.

Licoricia et. al.? The Winchester Jewry Revisited (2025)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2025, January). Licoricia et. al.? The Winchester Jewry Revisited. Presented at Hampshire Archives Trust Lecture Series, Virtual

In recent years, the Winchester Jewry has been the focus of much scholarly attention. The presence of Licoricia of Winchester and, at different points, members of her family has well covered in the pioneering work of Suzanne Bartlet. Yet, beyond Lico... Read More about Licoricia et. al.? The Winchester Jewry Revisited.

Jews and Christians as Neighbours in the Towns of Medieval England (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, November). Jews and Christians as Neighbours in the Towns of Medieval England

An invited lecture for the David Patterson Lecture series, this lecture explores Jews and Christians as neighbours in the towns of medieval England. It considers how Jews and Christians lived together during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

Graduate Seminar in Anglo-Jewish History in the Middle Ages (i) (2024)
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Irwin, D. (2024, November). Graduate Seminar in Anglo-Jewish History in the Middle Ages (i). Presented at Graduate Seminar in Anglo-Jewish History in the Middle Ages (i), University of Oxford, Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Convened by myself and Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, this seminar will run once a term at the University of Oxford's Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. We will explore the documents relating to medieval Anglo-Jewry. Our first session takes L... Read More about Graduate Seminar in Anglo-Jewish History in the Middle Ages (i).

Crafting Equitable Pathways: Co-Creating Inclusive Assessment & Feedback Principles (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Whitnall, D., & Power, J. (2024, November). Crafting Equitable Pathways: Co-Creating Inclusive Assessment & Feedback Principles. Presented at CHEAD Innovations in Practice, Virtual

The presentation provides a synthesis of our approach to co-create inclusive assessment and feedback principles to support equitable and fair learning environments. The principles were derived from internal enhancement initiatives designed to improve... Read More about Crafting Equitable Pathways: Co-Creating Inclusive Assessment & Feedback Principles.

(Everybody needs good) Neighbours: Jews and Christians in the Towns of Medieval England (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, November). (Everybody needs good) Neighbours: Jews and Christians in the Towns of Medieval England

An invited lecture, this talk sees me return to the Bolton branch of the Historical Association.

This talk outlines my current book project exploring Jews and Christians as Neighbours in medieval England. It does so from the key historiographica... Read More about (Everybody needs good) Neighbours: Jews and Christians in the Towns of Medieval England.

The Jews of Bridgnorth (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, September). The Jews of Bridgnorth

To mark the 750th anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews from Bridgnorth (2 October 1274), I gave a talk at St. Leonard's Church in Birdgnorth as part of the commemoration. Having been established in 1267, the Jewish presence in the town was relati... Read More about The Jews of Bridgnorth.

The Benas Family, Liverpool Jewry, and the Jewish Historical Society of England (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, September). The Benas Family, Liverpool Jewry, and the Jewish Historical Society of England

As part of the Heritage Season to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Princes Road Synagogue (Liverpool), I will be speaking on the role of the Benas family in the Liverpool Jewry during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In particular, I wil... Read More about The Benas Family, Liverpool Jewry, and the Jewish Historical Society of England.

Supporting BTEC student Progression (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Whitnall, D., Power, J., & Blezard, E. (2024, September). Supporting BTEC student Progression. Presented at The Festival of Learning & Teaching 2024, The University of Salford

This presentation shares insights and best practices from the Enabling Student Success Project​. It provides a brief overview of the project and its significance​ with focus on creating equitable student journeys​.

The Lincoln Jewry I: Financial and Legal Sources (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, July). The Lincoln Jewry I: Financial and Legal Sources. Presented at Leeds International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds

This is the first of two sessions that I have organised for the Leeds International Medieval Congress. The proceedings will be published in due course.

There was a Jewish community at Lincoln by the 1150s. It was one of the leading communities of... Read More about The Lincoln Jewry I: Financial and Legal Sources.

The Lincoln Jewry, II: Memory, Myth, and Archaeology (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, July). The Lincoln Jewry, II: Memory, Myth, and Archaeology. Presented at Leeds International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds

This is the second of two sessions that I have organised for the Leeds International Medieval Congress. The proceedings will be published in due course.

There was a Jewish community at Lincoln by the 1150s. It was one of the leading communities of... Read More about The Lincoln Jewry, II: Memory, Myth, and Archaeology.

A Tale of Two (Lincolnshire) Jewries: Lincoln and Stamford in the Jewish Receipt Rolls (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Irwin, D. (2024, July). A Tale of Two (Lincolnshire) Jewries: Lincoln and Stamford in the Jewish Receipt Rolls. Paper presented at International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University

This paper is presented as part of a series of panels that I organised on the medieval Lincoln Jewry. It examines the receipt roll evidence (TNA E 401) for Anglo-Jewry generally, before focusing on the evidence for Lincoln and Lincolnshire. It also a... Read More about A Tale of Two (Lincolnshire) Jewries: Lincoln and Stamford in the Jewish Receipt Rolls.

Being Life-wide : Case Studies of Empathy-based Pedagogy, Enhancing Learning Journey's in the Workplace (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Ferguson, R., Jones, L., Saunders, L., & Whitnall, D. (2024, June). Being Life-wide : Case Studies of Empathy-based Pedagogy, Enhancing Learning Journey's in the Workplace. Paper presented at VIRTUAL: Learning. Life. Work

This conference paper presents case studies of different learning environments. The examples embody the lived experience of four professional practitioners and explores the challenges, syntheses and fascinating approaches that push the boundaries of... Read More about Being Life-wide : Case Studies of Empathy-based Pedagogy, Enhancing Learning Journey's in the Workplace.

Designing an ecosystem to promote the development of key student competencies required in the future of work (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Hamshire, C., Grogan, S., & Barrett, N. (2024, June). Designing an ecosystem to promote the development of key student competencies required in the future of work. Paper presented at ICED 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

At the University of Salford our educational purpose is ‘to prepare students for life’. However, understanding students’ experiences of higher education is not always straightforward within institutional structures that quantify their learning, with... Read More about Designing an ecosystem to promote the development of key student competencies required in the future of work.

Embedding quality processes within the institutional ecosystem to support learning for the future (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Hamshire, C., & Barrett, N. (2024, June). Embedding quality processes within the institutional ecosystem to support learning for the future. Paper presented at ICED 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Despite efforts to make Higher Education equitable to all those who can benefit from it student success rates are influenced by significant inequalities related to race, gender and social class. Both institutional and national policies within the Uni... Read More about Embedding quality processes within the institutional ecosystem to support learning for the future.