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Seditious memories across generations: remembering the British Revolutions, 1660-88

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017 47:11


Ed Legon, Historic Royal Palaces/Kings College London Chair: Tim Reinke-Williams

The Business of Wallpaper: The English Wallpaper Trade in the Long Eighteenth Century

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 45:32


Institute of Historical Research The Business of Wallpaper: The English Wallpaper Trade in the Long Eighteenth Century Philippa Mapes (University of Leicester) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

An Outdated Impulse? British Family Identity and Genealogical Knowledge in the Eighteenth Century

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 60:42


Institute of Historical Research An Outdated Impulse? British Family Identity and Genealogical Knowledge in the Eighteenth Century Stéphane Jettot (University of Paris-Sorbonne) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Country Houses & Collaborative Research: Revealing the History of Boughton House & the Montagu Estates in the Long Eighteenth Century

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2016 63:30


Institute of Historical Research Country Houses & Collaborative Research: Revealing the History of Boughton House & the Montagu Estates in the Long Eighteenth Century Rosemary Sweet, Helen Bates and Emma Purcell (University of Leicester) Brit...

The Idea of a Measurable Space: Joseph Priestley's 1765 Chart of Biography

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2016 44:23


Institute of Historical Research The Idea of a Measurable Space: Joseph Priestley's 1765 Chart of Biography Stephen Boyd Davis (Royal College of Art) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Ned Ward's "Knack of Pleasing": Practices of Laughter in the Eighteenth Century

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2016 51:53


Institute of Historical Research Ned Ward's "Knack of Pleasing": Practices of Laughter in the Eighteenth Century Kate Davison (University of Sheffield) British History in the Long 18th Century seminar series

Cultures of Settlement, 1660-1780

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2016 52:54


Institute of Historical Research Cultures of Settlement, 1660-1780 Naomi Tadmor (University of Lancaster) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Northern Lights and Welsh Peasants: New Perspectives on the Late Hanoverian Clergy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2015


Institute of Historical Research Northern Lights and Welsh Peasants: New Perspectives on the Late Hanoverian Clergy Sara Slinn (University of Lincoln) British History in the Long 18th Century seminar series

Trust the People: The English Approach to Arming and Training the 'Mob' for Home Defence, 1779-1805

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2015


Institute of Historical Research Trust the People: The English Approach to Arming and Training the 'Mob' for Home Defence, 1779-1805 Margaret Bird (Royal Holloway, University of London) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar ...

Neoclassicism and Florentine Freemasonry

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2015 48:52


Institute of Historical Research Neoclassicism and Florentine Freemasonry Dr Jason Kelly (Indiana University - Purdue University) British History in the Long EIghteenth Century seminar series

'At first nothing could be more shocking': the Impact of the Act for Burying in Woollen

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2015 39:26


Institute of Historical Research 'At first nothing could be more shocking': the Impact of the Act for Burying in Woollen Alice Dolan (University of Hertfordshire) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Becoming Disabled: Narrative, Emotion and Identity in Eighteenth-Century England

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2015 51:18


Institute of Historical Research Becoming Disabled: Narrative, Emotion and Identity in Eighteenth-Century England Professor David Turner (Swansea University) British HIstory in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Legacies of British Slave-Ownership in the Long Eighteenth Century

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2015 51:13


Institute of Historical Research Legacies of British Slave-Ownership in the Long Eighteenth Century Dr Nick Draper (University College London) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Disordered London? The view from Rosemary Lane

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2015 49:16


Institute of Historical Research Disordered London? The view from Rosemary Lane Dr Janice Turner (University of Hertfordshire) British History in the Long 18th Century seminar series

William Hazlitt's Radical Faith

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2015 52:38


Institute of Historical Research William Hazlitt's Radical Faith Kevin Gilmartin Hazlitt (Caltech/University of York) British History in the Long 18th Century seminar series

Rabbits, Whigs and Hunters: Rethinking Mary Toft's Monstrous Births of 1726

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2014 53:19


Institute of Historical Research Rabbits, Whigs and Hunters: Rethinking Mary Toft's Monstrous Births of 1726 Dr Karen Harvey (University of Sheffield) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

'Lightning Talks' 3 minute presentations by early PhD students

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2014 42:16


Institute of Historical Research 'Lightning Talks' 3 minute presentations by early PhD students Kathleen Reynolds (Durham University) Anna Field (Cardiff University) Emma Purcell (University of Leicester) Daniel Reed (Oxford Brookes ...

Pechu kecha/Speed Presentations

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2013 101:01


(three minute papers from early PhD students) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar Institute of Historical Research 30 October 2013

'Female agony and visionary experience: Jane Lead (1624-1704), her last days and its impact upon the Philadelphian Society, c.1697-1704'

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2013 51:05


Institute of Historical Research 'Female agony and visionary experience: Jane Lead (1624-1704), her last days and its impact upon the Philadelphian Society, c.1697-1704' Ariel Hessayon (Goldsmiths) British History in the Long Eighteenth Centu...

Loose, Idle and Disorderly: Vagrant Removal in Late Eighteenth-Century Middlesex

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2013 43:09


Institute of Historical Research Loose, Idle and Disorderly: Vagrant Removal in Late Eighteenth-Century Middlesex Tim Hitchcock (Herts), Adam Crymble (KCL) and Louise Falcini (Reading) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar ser...

Material Culture Panel: The Significance of Things - John Styles

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2013 29:21


Institute of Historical Research Material Culture Panel: The Significance of Things 'What can things tell us about the eighteenth century that we don't know already?' John Styles (Hertfordshire) British History in the Long Eighteenth Centur...

Material Culture Panel: The Significance of Things - Margot Finn

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2013 27:03


Institute of Historical Research Material Culture Panel: The Significance of Things 'How can things make historians think differently?' Margot Finn (UCL) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Reading Lives of English Men and Women, 1695-1830

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2013 49:21


Institute of Historical Research Reading Lives of English Men and Women, 1695-1830 Polly Bull (Royal Holloway, University of London) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

'For the benefit of example': hanging felons at the scene of their crime in the long eighteenth century

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2013 45:07


Institute of Historical Research 'For the benefit of example': hanging felons at the scene of their crime in the long eighteenth century Steve Poole (University of the West of England) In this talk Poole begins reconsidering popular assumptio...

The World is not Enough: Global History, Cotton Textiles and the Industrial Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2013 47:15


Institute of Historical Research The World is not Enough: Global History, Cotton Textiles and the Industrial Revolution Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

A Sinew of Power? Ireland and the Fiscal-Military State, 1690-1782

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2013 39:31


Institute of Historical Research A Sinew of Power? Ireland and the Fiscal-Military State, 1690-1782 Patrick Walsh (University College London) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Secularisation: Or Otherwise in Eighteenth-Century England? - Penelope J Corfield

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2012 19:18


Institute of Historical Research Secularisation: Or Otherwise in Eighteenth-Century England? Penelope J. Corfield (Royal Holloway, University of London) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Secularisation: Or Otherwise in Eighteenth-Century England? - Jeremy Gregory

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2012 22:07


Institute of Historical Research Secularisation: Or Otherwise in Eighteenth-Century England? Jeremy Gregory (University of Manchester) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Secularisation: Or Otherwise in Eighteenth-Century England? - John Seed

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2012 19:08


Institute of Historical Research Secularisation: Or Otherwise in Eighteenth-Century England? John Seed (Roehampton University) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

What's in a Name?: The 'Conversation' Piece in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2012 53:58


Institute of Historical Research What's in a Name?: The 'Conversation' Piece in Eighteenth-Century Britain Kate Retford (Birkbeck, University of London) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Profiling Irish Crime in London, 1801-1820

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2012 50:02


Institute of Historical Research Profiling Irish Crime in London, 1801-1820 Adam Crymble (King's College London) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

The material life of the militia man

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2012 50:39


Institute of Historical Research The material life of the militia man Matthew McCormack (Northampton) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

'Love, bitter wrong, freedom, sad pity, and lust of power': Politics and Performance in 1820

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2012 54:54


Institute of Historical Research 'Love, bitter wrong, freedom, sad pity, and lust of power': Politics and Performance in 1820 Malcolm Chase (University of Leeds) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Neutral nobility to contentious aristocracy; Changing terms in testing times, 1700-1850

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2012 50:36


Institute of Historical Research Neutral nobility to contentious aristocracy; Changing terms in testing times, 1700-1850 Amanda Goodrich (Open University) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Antislavery and empire: The imperial context of British Abolitionism, c.1783-1793

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2012 52:55


Institute of Historical Research Antislavery and empire: The imperial context of British Abolitionism, c.1783-1793 Matthew Wyman-McCarty (McGill) In this seminar Wyman-McCarty looks at the rise of British abolitionism in an imperial context, ...

'Rusty old Queen Anne's many suitors': Firearms and inter-communal violence in Armagh, 1783-1790

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2012 49:21


Institute of Historical Research 'Rusty old Queen Anne's many suitors': Firearms and inter-communal violence in Armagh, 1783-1790 Stephen Duane Dean jr (King’s College London) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2012 52:22


Institute of Historical Research Pacifying the past: British historical culture, 1745-1776 Paul Davis (Princeton) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Eighteenth-century histories of Norwich and the political vernacular

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2012 51:50


Institute of Historical Research Eighteenth-century histories of Norwich and the political vernacular Daniel Howse (University of East Anglia) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Chancery Lane: politics, space and the built environment, c.1760-1815

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2011 53:35


Institute of Historical Research Chancery Lane: politics, space and the built environment, c.1760-1815 Francis Boorman (IHR) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

Rethinking the interests of eighteenth-century Britain

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2011 65:22


Institute of Historical Research Rethinking the interests of eighteenth-century Britain Julian Hoppit (University College London) Julian Hoppit looks at the current state of research into eighteenth-century Britain. His assessment is not ent...

Scottish townscapes and 'improvement' in the age of enlightenment c. 1720-1820

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2011 44:30


Institute of Historical Research Scottish townscapes and 'improvement' in the age of enlightenment c.1720-1820 Bob Harris (Worcester College, Oxford) Did the enlightenment reach provincial Scottish towns in the Georgian period? What, if any,...

A Quaker convert and writing of fiction: the case of Amelia Opie

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2011 40:59


Institute of Historical Research A Quaker convert and writing of fiction: the case of Amelia Opie Isabelle Cosgrave (Exeter University) British History in the Long Eighteenth Century seminar series

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