Dr Hilary Orange

• Small-Scale Fisheries, Local Seafood and the Future of Fishing Heritage in South Wales (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Louise Miskell

• EDH201 The Past in the Present: Heritage challenges and debates

  This module will give students an introduction to the heritage industry. It is suited both to those considering a career in this sector and to students who would like to think in more general terms about the way our society consumes the past. The module will combine critical analysis of a range of heritage sites with lectures and seminar discussion of the lively debates around the role of history and heritage in society. We will explore the challenges of difficult histories ¿ such as the legacies of slavery and colonialism. We will consider both tangible heritage, like physical buildings and landscapes, and intangible heritage, like language and culture. The module will be assessed by a coursework portfolio of site reviews and an extended essay.

• EDH301 The Past in the Present: Heritage challenges and debates

  This module will give students an introduction to the heritage industry. It is suited both to those considering a career in this sector and to students who would like to think in more general terms about the way our society consumes the past. The module will combine critical analysis of a range of heritage sites with lectures and seminar discussion of the lively debates around the role of history and heritage in society. We will explore the challenges of difficult histories ¿ such as the legacies of slavery and colonialism. We will consider both tangible heritage, like physical buildings and landscapes, and intangible heritage, like language and culture. The module will be assessed by a coursework portfolio of site reviews and an extended essay.

• HHC100 Fieldtrip module: The Past in its Place

  People understand the past and its significance through a range of mediums, including historic documents, objects, artefacts, buildings, structures and monuments. This module will give the students a comprehensive introduction to how we professionally approach and engage with historic visitor attractions. Incorporating some of the major visitor attractions and museums of South Wales, a range of themes and periods will be addressed. Students will be encouraged to explore digital resources in the exploration of each site, will engage in an innovative portfolio of assignments, and will be encouraged to think critically about how the past is presented in site-specific contexts. Creative responses to the module brief will be encouraged. This module is designed around active, participatory, and experiential learning. It designed to have a strong social element where students will be interacting for longer periods (beyond the traditional seminar allocation) and, as such, developing key social and networking skills. Digital proficiency around the use of on-line digital data resources, applications for reprographic presentation and creative responses to the assignments will form part of the skills and employability remit.

• HHC200 The Past in the Present: Exploring Heritage Practice and Debates

  This module will give students an introduction to the heritage industry. It¿s suited both to those considering a career in this sector and to students who¿d like to think in more general terms about the way our society consumes the past. The module will combine critical analysis of a range of heritage sites with lectures and seminar discussion of the lively debates around the role of history and heritage in society. We¿ll explore the challenges of difficult histories ¿ such as the legacies of slavery and colonialism. We¿ll consider both tangible heritage, like physical buildings and landscapes, and intangible heritage, like language and culture. The module will be assessed by a coursework portfolio of site reviews and an extended essay.

• HIH122 Making History

  How do historians study the past? Why do their accounts of the past differ, and why do they change over time? This module will help you to understand the various concepts, methods, and approaches that academic historians use when writing history and generating historical explanations. By the end of it, you will understand how and why professional historians disagree on many topics, and you will be equipped to evaluate competing interpretations of the same past events and processes. The module also trains you in the fundamental skills required to study history as an undergraduate, and gives you an opportunity to learn more about the interests and expertise of the history staff you¿ll be working with at Swansea. It will help you make the transition from being taught history at school or college to studying history at university, and it will introduce you to the many different kinds of history you can explore in the course of your degree.

• HIH3300 History Dissertation

  The History dissertation is a free-standing, 40-credit module that runs across both semesters of Level Three. Candidates conduct research upon a subject of their choice, devised in consultation with a member of staff teaching for the degrees in History, and concerning a topic that falls within staff research and teaching interests.

• HIHD00 Heritage Dissertation (Practice-Based)

  This module affords students the opportunity to complete their MA in Heritage by undertaking a practical heritage project. The project, worth 67% of the marks, may be undertaken independently, or via a heritage project or organisation. It will be accompanied by a reflective commentary worth 33% of the marks.

• HIHD01 Heritage Dissertation (Written)

  Students produce a dissertation on a heritage topic, chosen and developed in conjunction with their supervisor in line with the standard Faculty MA requirements.

• HIHM01 Debates and Approaches in Heritage and Public History

  This module offers an introduction to current debates in heritage and public history and a chance to develop practical skills in the communication of history to broad audiences. It will provide an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between academic study and the past as portrayed by, with and for the public (or publics). We¿ll explore case-studies in heritage from around the world. Why have museum presentations of history proved so controversial? What is the role of heritage in nation- and community-building? There will be opportunities to try out a variety of practical techniques in historical communication, and to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses. Students will familiarise themselves with current policy contexts for heritage and public history, and will acquire valuable skills for careers in the heritage sector and beyond.

• HIHM04 Heritage Work Placement

  This module enables students to gain practical experience of working with a heritage organisation or project in a graduate-level role. Placements may involve the acquisition of skills in museum work, community projects, heritage interpretation and policy (but are not restricted to these areas). Group discussion and individual tutorials will support students in preparing an extended essay reflecting on their work experience in the context of literature on heritage and public history.

2014-2015. Project Manager, Whitehawk Camp Community Archaeology Project, UCL, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Focusing on a Neolithic causewayed camp and the collection of objects excavated from the site in the 1920s and 1930s, the Project ran a 1-year programme of activities including site restoration, reassessment of the archive, engagement and skills development. In total, 136 volunteers gave 3,578 hours of their time and received training in archival work, geophysical survey, conservation and event-based engagement. 19 private and third sector organisations, including local community groups and charities, participated in the project and some donated significant in-kind resources. The Project was highly commended in the 2015 Marsh Awards.

2015. Working with HKD Design Studio to develop a permanent heritage exhibition in the Gateway Café, Peacehaven, 2015. Here a former parks workshop was developed into a café and interpretation centre following large-scale excavations by Archaeology South-East that discovered significant prehistoric and Roman land use in the surrounding South Downs landscape. The café/interpretation was shortlisted for the AJ Retrofit awards in 2015 and won a RIBA South East award in 2016. 

 2013-2014. Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site Management Plan, 2015-2019. Client, Hadrian’s Wall Trust. Designed public consultation via an online survey in preparation for the drafting of the plan.

 2012. Collaborated with RED EARTH, a Brighton based arts group, to scope out trans-disciplinary collaborations between land artists and landscape archaeologists, funded by UCL Arts & Humanities Faculty.