A new book, by Dr Samantha Williams , ICE Academic Director for History, reveals how society responded to high levels of illegitimacy in the 18th and 19th centuries. It also shows the lengths some errant fathers went to in order to escape not only their moral and financial obligations, but the clutches of parish constables...

Since joining the ICE staff in September, Dr Lydia Hamlett has been working hard to curate an engaging and accessible portfolio of courses that teach us about our heritage – and maybe our future too. We spoke to our new Academic Director in History of Art to find out how she’s bringing a fresh perspective to an enduring...

ICE Academic, Archaeologist Dr Gilly Carr, will be chairing a new five-year international project sponsored by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). On 1 February 2019 the project, ‘Sites at Risk: Guidelines for Best Practice' will begin as part of IHRA's commitment to countering Holocaust distortion and...

In her new book Dr Samantha Williams, ICE's Academic Director for Local and Regional History, examines illegitimacy, unmarried parenthood and the old and new poor laws in a period of rising illegitimacy and poor relief expenditure. In doing so, she explores the experience of being an unmarried mother from courtship and...