Economic and Social History of the Early Modern World

Venue: Hybrid | Online via Zoom & Pollard N301, IHR
Time: Fridays 17:30
Convenors: Alejandra Irigoin (LSE), Judy Stephenson (UCL), Coskun Tuncer (UCL) , Patrick Wallis (LSE) and Nuala Zahedieh (University of Edinburgh)

Term 1- Autumn 2022

07 oct 2022

Spinsters and spinning: Marital descriptors, occupational descriptors, and female labour force participation in England in the long 18th century

Amy Erickson (University of Cambridge)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

21 oct 2022

Poor neighbours, good neighbours? The impact of spatial segregation on social relations in the city: the case of Bruges (Belgium) in the 18th and 19th century

Heidi Deneweth (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)), Wouter Ryckbosch (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB))

Online- via Zoom

02 nov 2022

Britain’s Wars with France, 1793–1815 and their Contribution to the Consolidation of its Industrial Revolution

Patrick O’Brien (LSE)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

04 nov 2022

Paper Tigers and Leviathans: The role of Intermediaries in the state capacity development of Mughal South Asia (1574-1658)

Safya Morshed (LSE)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

02 dec 2022

Arkwright revisited: employment and wages in the earliest factories

Alexander Tertzakian (Glasgow University)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Term 2- Winter 2023

20 jan 2023

Underwriting the Ship of State: Marine Insurance, Wartime Commerce and Naval Policy in the Early Modern Atlantic

Lewis Wade (University of Northumbria)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

03 feb 2023

Guilds and Innovation

Sheilagh Ogilvie (University of Cambridge)

Online- via Zoom

17 feb 2023

A New History of Work in Early Modern England: Gender, Tasks and Occupations

Jane Whittle (University of Exeter)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

17 mar 2023

CANCELLED Quantification, institutions, and perceived certainty: Evidence from state building and fiscal dualism in China, 1644-1800

Ziang Liu (London School of Economics)

Economic and Social History of the Early Modern World

Term 1- Autumn 2022

Spinsters and spinning: Marital descriptors, occupational descriptors, and female labour force participation in England in the long 18th century

Poor neighbours, good neighbours? The impact of spatial segregation on social relations in the city: the case of Bruges (Belgium) in the 18th and 19th century

Britain’s Wars with France, 1793–1815 and their Contribution to the Consolidation of its Industrial Revolution

Paper Tigers and Leviathans: The role of Intermediaries in the state capacity development of Mughal South Asia (1574-1658)

Arkwright revisited: employment and wages in the earliest factories

Term 2- Winter 2023

Underwriting the Ship of State: Marine Insurance, Wartime Commerce and Naval Policy in the Early Modern Atlantic

Guilds and Innovation

A New History of Work in Early Modern England: Gender, Tasks and Occupations

CANCELLED Quantification, institutions, and perceived certainty: Evidence from state building and fiscal dualism in China, 1644-1800

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Economic and Social History of the Early Modern World

Term 1- Autumn 2022

Spinsters and spinning: Marital descriptors, occupational descriptors, and female labour force participation in England in the long 18th century

Poor neighbours, good neighbours? The impact of spatial segregation on social relations in the city: the case of Bruges (Belgium) in the 18th and 19th century

Britain’s Wars with France, 1793–1815 and their Contribution to the Consolidation of its Industrial Revolution

Paper Tigers and Leviathans: The role of Intermediaries in the state capacity development of Mughal South Asia (1574-1658)

Arkwright revisited: employment and wages in the earliest factories

Term 2- Winter 2023

Underwriting the Ship of State: Marine Insurance, Wartime Commerce and Naval Policy in the Early Modern Atlantic

Guilds and Innovation

A New History of Work in Early Modern England: Gender, Tasks and Occupations

*CANCELLED* Quantification, institutions, and perceived certainty: Evidence from state building and fiscal dualism in China, 1644-1800

Related Content

Early Modern History Collections

Economic History Collections

Colonial History Collections

History of Slavery Collections

Caribbean History Collections

North American History

Latin American History Collections

African History Collections

Asian History Collections

CANCELLED Quantification, institutions, and perceived certainty: Evidence from state building and fiscal dualism in China, 1644-1800