I regularly give presentations on English parish life to history societies in the Midlands. Recent visits have taken me to Avon Dassett, Kineton, a local history society conference at Warwick, the Warwickshire Local History Society, the Bishop's Tachbrook History Group (reported in the May 2012 issue of the Parish Magazine) and I am due to address the Warmington Heritage Group on 8 October 2012.

Between 2007-9, I directed the steering committee for "Catholic Warwick", a history of the Warwick parish of St Mary Immaculate written by Ruth Barbour. At the book launch event in the social centre in November 2009, I moderated a panel debate involving the author, Canon Edward Stewart, the parish priest; Michael Hodgetts, a historian of Catholicism; and Warwick professors Peter Marshall and Jack Scarisbrick (Photo left: John Mullis for the Coventry Observer; right: BK).

Since 2003, I have acted as webmaster for an online communication platform. The Warwick Network for Parish Research offers a range of services to the wider public:

• Information on parish-related events, projects and publications in the UK and beyond;
• A public forum for the discussion of current issues and concerns;
• Highlighting the significance of churches and local communities throughout the centuries;
• Starting-points and materials for independent research on parish history.

The Network also organizes the annual 'Warwick Symposium on Parish Research' (hear participants talk about the 2006 theme of 'Parish Pieties' in this podcast). For the tenth anniversary meeting in May 2012, we are planning a major conference under the title of 'Parish Studies Today'. It will showcase the wide range of research / initiatives currently undertaken by local history societies, church conservation bodies, universities and other organizations. Further details can be found here.

Early Modern History Textbook: Drawing on the wide expertise of my Warwick colleagues (and our Year 2 core module), I edited a survey work on early modern European history aimed at a general audience. All contributions provide concise and accessible introductions to the major themes and debates in the field. Reviewers have described the book as 'impressive', 'precise' and 'brilliantly executed'. It has been adopted as a set text by numerous tutors in the UK and overseas, but can also serve as a free-standing guide to the period. The European World, published by Routledge in 2009 (a second edition is currently in preparation), contains essays, illustrations, excerpts from primary sources, seminar questions, maps, tables, suggestions for further reading and an extensive index of names, places and subjects. There is also a companion website featuring a module outline, glossary, thematic chronologies and two video recordings (of a panel debate about early modern historiography and tutor/student discussions of the role of textbooks in the digital age). A second, revised edition is under contract and due to appear in 2013.

Parish Church DVD: I acted as associate editor of The English Parish Church through the Centuries, an interactive DVD published by the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture in 2010. It includes contributions by over 200 academics and parish researchers, supplemented with 3-D models, video introductions and numerous illustrations.

Reformation Podcast Series: together with my colleagues Henry Cohn, Peter Marshall and Penny Roberts, I produced a podcast series on the origins, character and effects of religious change in the sixteenth century. My contribution addresses the long-term impact of the Reformation on European society (overview). The set forms part of the podcasted history series on the website of the Historical Association.

Interdisciplinarity in undergraduate teaching: a video recordingof reflections on my Year 3 advanced option 'The World of the Tavern in Early Modern Europe' at the University of Warwick's 'Teaching & Learning Showcase' in June 2011.

Research-related projects covered in various media include:

• curating an exhibition on public houses at the Museum Schloss Münsingen in Switzerland (Summer 2000)
• lecturing on the historical context for 'Painting on Light', an exhibition of Swiss stained glass c. 1500 co-organized by the Getty Centre and the St Louis Art Museum (Los Angeles and St Louis, summer/autumn 2000)
• assessing the likely effects of changes in UK pub licensing laws for national French youth radio station Le Mouv: Radio France (23 November 2005)
• a panel discussion on early modern 'sex workers' during the Sexarbeit exhibition at the Kornhaus Gallery in Bern covered by the Swiss daily Der Bund (7 July 2007);
• a presentation of the main themes of my book Drinking Matters in a Warwick podcast series which reached the History Top 10 on iTunes U (April 2008);
• an assessment of the historical significance of sixteenth-century French king Henry IV for Swiss National Radio DRS1 (13 December 2008);
• a tour of a medieval Swiss inn for members of the public on European Heritage Day (14 September 2008; covered in the Swiss Hotel Revue);
• a symposium on the tradition of 'tavern politics' in German-speaking Europe at Braunau/Austria covered by the Braunauer Stadtnachrichten (30 September 2009);
• a feature on historical concerns about youth drinking for the Bavarian newspaper Münchner Merkur (14 May 2009);
• a public lecture on the political significance of urban pubs at Münster/Germany covered by the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (1 April 2009);
• a radio interview on the 'History of Time' with Liz Kershaw on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire (27 March 2011);
• an interview with the Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Magazine in June 2011;
• a TV interview with Rory McGrath on Puritan attitudes to drinking for 'Pub Digs', a programme produced by Oxford Scientific Films for the History Channel (screened 16 December 2011) and Channel 5 (24 April 2012).

  
Left: The medieval inn of Münsingen near Bern in Switzerland, rebuilt in the sixteenth century
and still trading today. I took members of the public on guided tours of the premises on
European Heritage Day in September 2008. Photo: BK.
Right: Tavern field work at the Munich Oktoberfest in 2006. Photo: C. Stein.