Remembering Liverpool and Local Identities

Liverpudlian life in years gone by is to be celebrated by some of the world?s leading historians at a two-day conference at Edge Hill.

Scholars from across the country, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland and France will descend upon the institution on March 31st and April 1st for the Centre for Liverpool and Merseyside Studies? 'Identities? conference which charts the city?s evolution from the 18th century slave trade right up to the present day.

Comparisons with other regions both in Britain and overseas will also be made by researchers.

Over 50 lectures will be held in total, with topics including Liverpool?s black community, children?s wartime experiences, regional identities, workers in the 1930s and the Hillsborough disaster.

Alyson Brown, a History lecturer at Edge Hill who will be discussing 20th century constructions of child prostitution, said: "We are delighted to host this gathering of such esteemed scholars and anticipate a high level of interest.

"Liverpool has such a rich history and it will be interesting to observe the many viewpoints from all over the globe alongside the region?s own perspectives."