Winter lectures on Norfolk’s medieval churches by leading scholars
£32 for 5 lectures, £8 for 1 lecture
Every penny will support Hungate. For further information, please visit the Hungate website.
10th November 2026, 7pm
Dr Meg Bernstein: Building the Parish: architectural development in 12th and 13th century Norfolk
- Meg Bernstein’s research focuses on the architectural development of the parish church, sculpture, and materiality. She is currently Lecturer in Medieval Art in the School of History and Art History at UEA, and director of the Centre for East Anglian Studies.
8th December 2026, 7pm
Dr Christian Steer: For the Dead, Remember: monuments and brasses of medieval Norfolk
- Christian Steer is a Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London. He has worked on medieval monuments and brasses for thirty years and is coeditor of the three-volume Tomb Monuments in Medieval Europe (Shaun Tyas: Donington).
12th January 2026, 7pm
Richard Halsey: Becket’s Chapel Wymondham: a repurposed medieval survival
- Richard Halsey is a medieval architectural historian with a career in English Heritage working with churches and cathedrals. He is a trustee of Historic Norfolk and monitored their recent major repairs at Becket’s Chapel.
9th February 2026, 7pm
Dr Helen Lunnon: The Virgin of the Porch in late medieval Norfolk
- Helen is a historian who specialises in the art and architecture of faith in late medieval England. Her monograph, East Anglian Church Porches and their Medieval Context, was published in 2020. Helen holds an Honorary Research Fellowship in the Department of History at UEA and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
9th March 2026, 7pm
Dr Sarah Cassell: Material Presence, Eternal Memory: donors and chancel screens in late medieval East Anglia
- Sarah completed her PhD on late medieval angel roofs in East Anglia at UEA in 2018 after a career as a teacher. She is an artist and medieval re-enactor, and has published articles on angel roofs and chancel screens.
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