A series of occasional seminars will be held, usually in Room G.12, William Robertson Wing, at 5pm on Wednesdays, unless otherwise stated. Discussion will continue after the seminars with a glass of wine. All are welcome.Semester 2, spring 2014DateTopicSpeakerNotes15 JanuarySikhs, sex and the state: British historical imagination and the family of Ranjit Singh c. 1800-1850Margot Finn (University College London)Room G.1612 FebruaryTBCCraig Muldrew (University of Cambridge) 12 MarchSovereign independence and financial markets: a study of Irish land bonds, 1891-1938Eoin McLaughlin (University of Edinburgh) Semester 1, autumn 2013DateTopicSpeakerNotesTuesday 15 OctoberCan women count? Gender and numeracy in 19th-century Ireland’Matthias Blum (Technical University of Munich and Visiting Fellow Edinburgh)Room G.1130 OctoberI invest, you speculate, they gamble? James Bridges, the first Duke of Chandos during the South Sea BubbleKoji Yamamoto (King’s College, London) 13 NovemberCreating a proper system of publishing: the trials and tribulations of industrial print technologies in mid-19th-century EdinburghAileen Fyfe (University of St Andrews) 27 NovemberThe land without pop: Popular music in 20th century GermanyKlaus Nathaus (University of Edinburgh) Previous events2012-2013 Spring SeminarsDateDescription30 JanuaryPaul Sharp (University of Southern Denmark) ‘North and south: social mobility and welfare spending in pre-industrial England’13 MarchPhilip Morgan (Johns Hopkins University and Edinburgh) ‘The Caribbean environment in the early modern era’2012-2013 Autumn SeminarsDateDescription17 OctoberDan Bogart (University of California, Irvine) ‘On the doorstep: the politics of access in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution’7 NovemberBarry Doyle (University of Huddersfield) ‘Reassessing the city as a healthy space: urban England between the wars’28 NovemberBill Luckin (University of Bolton) ‘Town, country and “planet” in nineteenth century Britain’2011-2012 SeminarsDateDescription11 OctoberBernard Capp (University of Warwick) ‘The travails of Agnes Beaumont: faith and family in early modern England’ (Joint meeting with the Gender History Network) Room 1.9, Doorway 6, Teviot Place26 OctoberJeremy Boulton (University of Newcastle) ‘Saving the poor worms from starving? Traffic in corpses, interment, burial fees and vital registration in Georgian London’ Room G.13, Doorway 4, Teviot Place23 NovemberGiorgio Riello (University of Warwick) ‘When Europe met Asia: fashioning textiles in the early modern world’ Room G.13, Doorway 4, Teviot PlaceFor further information contact Nuala Zahedieh. Dr Nuala Zahedieh Contact details Email: n.zahedieh@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2024-08-01
