IHR seminars > British History in the Long 18th Century
British History in the Long 18th Century
Convenors: Professor Arthur Burns (KCL); Penelope J. Corfield (RHUL); Tim Hitchcock (Hertfordshire); Julian Hoppit (UCL)
Seminar administrator: Anne Stott (anne@cowslipgreen.fsnet.co.uk)
Venue: Wolfson Room, IHR
Time: Wednesday, 5.15pm
Website: Seminar group home page (opens in a new window)
Seminar administrator: Anne Stott (anne@cowslipgreen.fsnet.co.uk)
Venue: Wolfson Room, IHR
Time: Wednesday, 5.15pm
Website: Seminar group home page (opens in a new window)
| 13 January | Ben Bankhurst (King’s College London) Ulster Presbyterians and violence on the American frontier: empathy at distance in the British Atlantic World, 1750-1765 |
| 27 January | Chris Evans (Glamorgan) Brazilian gold, Cuban copper and the final frontier of British anti-slavery Please note: this session has been cancelled |
| 10 February | Tim Hitchcock (Hertfordshire) Sharon Howard and Bob Shoemaker (Sheffield) Plebeian lives and the making of modern London |
| 24 February | Mark Wishon (University College London) British and German interactions in the 18th-century British army |
| 10 March | Isabelle Cosgrave (Exeter) A Quaker convert and the writing of fiction: the case of Amelia Opie (1769-1853) Please note: this session has been withdrawn and replaced by (from January 27th) - Chris Evans (Glamorgan) Brazilian gold, Cuban copper and the final frontier of British anti-slavery |
| 24 March | Jake Pollock (Pittsburgh) The Royal Society, the voyage account, and the variation of the compass 1689-1725 |
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| 28 April | Niels van Manen (York, IHR) Agency and reform: the regulation of chimney sweep apprentices, 1770-1840 Please note: this session takes place in room (G22/26) Ground Floor, South Block |
| 12 May | Heather Shore (Leeds Metropolitan) The Hustling Panic of 1821: Street Robbery in the Early Nineteenth-Century Metropolis Please note: this session takes place in room (ST274/5) 2nd Floor Stewart House |
| 26 May | Penelope J. Corfield The Origins of a Coming Ideal: Meritocracy in Britain 1750-1850 Please note: this session takes place in room (STB3/6) Basement, Stewart House |
| 9 June | Arthur Burns (KCL)
Kenneth Fincham (UKC) Stephen Taylor (Reading) New questions in the history of the early modern clerical profession: a prolegomenon for research Joint meeting with the Early Modern British Religious History seminar |
| 23 June | A symposium with Ian Haywood and John Seed (Roehampton), Tim Hitchcock and Matthew White (Herts) Britain's Lost Revolution: Remembering the Gordon Riots on their 230th anniversary To be followed by the Seminar Party |