Economic & Social History Events



13 May 2013: Book Launch

Imaging and Imagining the Fetus: The Development of Obstetric Ultrasound, by Malcolm Nicolson and John Fleming

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Past Events



1 Nov 2012: Economic & Social History Seminar

Lucy Hewitt: 'The Civic Survey of Greater London: social mapping, planners and urban space in the early twentieth century'

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15 Nov 2012: Economic & Social History Seminar

Bernard Harris: 'Lessons from history? Charity, mutual aid and the origins of the "Big Society"'

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29 Nov 2013: Economic & Social History Seminar

Peter Kirby: 'Loss of control or loss of production? The question of rationality in the punishment of eighteenth and nineteenth-century child workers'

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13 Dec 2012: Economic & Social History Seminar

Eiji Hotori: 'How did a Scottish banker enhance the development of Japan? : Alexander Allan Shand, 1844-1930'

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17 Jan 2013: Economic & Social History Seminar

Heather Shore: "A London Plague that must be Swept Away": Reassessing Late Victorian and Edwardian Youth Gangs

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31 Jan 2013: Economic & Social History Seminar

Eleanor Gordon: 'Irregular Marriage: Official Attitudes and Popular Practice'

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14 Feb 2013: Economic & Social History Seminar

Klara Arnberg: 'Mad Women: Gender and Sexuality Perspectives on Advertising in Sweden 1850-1980'

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21 Feb 2013: Economic & Social History Seminar

Teresa da Silva Lopes: 'Risk Management Strategies in International Business'

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7 Mar 2013: Economic & Social History Seminar

Jim Mills: 'Cannabis before the 'counter-culture': Control and consumption in Britain, 1928-1961'

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