British Politics in the Long Eighteenth Century: a Defence of Political History Frank O’Gorman (Manchester) Franco-British History seminar 22 November 2012 Abstract: This lecture sought to define the nature of eighteenth century British politics and to explain...
British History in the Long 18th Century 7 November 2012 Kate Retford (Birkbeck, University of London) What’s in a Name?: The ‘Conversation’ Piece in Eighteenth-Century Britain For the uninitiated (that would include me, I’m afraid!) ‘conversation’ pieces is a term...
British History in the Long Eighteenth Century 30 January 2013 Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick) The World is not Enough: Global History, Cotton Textiles and the Industrial Revolution Although the title of this paper might remind you of a James Bond film, this...
Digital History From Cradle to Antipodean Grave: Reconstructing 19th Century Criminal Lives Hamish Maxwell-Stewart (Tasmania) 8 May 2012 In this session of the Digital History seminar, streamed live on 8 May Hamish Maxwell-Stewart gave a fascinating talk about...
Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776 British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar Paul Davis (Princeton) 25 January 2012 Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776 This is a guest post by Paul McMenemy, one of IHR Digital’s...
