British Politics in the Long Eighteenth Century: a Defence of Political HistoryFrank O’Gorman (Manchester)Franco-British History seminar22 November 2012 Abstract: This lecture sought to define the nature of eighteenth century British politics and to explain the...
British History in the Long 18th Century7 November 2012Kate 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 Century30 January 2013Giorgio 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 HistoryFrom Cradle to Antipodean Grave: Reconstructing 19th Century Criminal LivesHamish 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 SeminarPaul Davis (Princeton)25 January 2012Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776This is a guest post by Paul McMenemy, one of IHR Digital’s winter...