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PRE-MODERN TOWNS CONFERENCE 2018: STREETS AND STREET-LIFE IN THE PRE-MODERN TOWN
There is a registration fee of £20 (£10 for registered students and the unwaged), to include tea/coffee, and lunch of sandwiches and fruit. It is essential to book in advance.
SLIPS AND CHEQUES (made out to Ian Archer) should be sent by 20 January 2018to Dr Ian Archer, Keble College, Oxford, OX1 3PG.
STREETS AND STREET-LIFE IN THE PRE-MODERN TOWN
10.00-10.30 Registration and coffee
10.30 – 12.45 Charlie Taverner, Birkbeck: Senses of the street in the London Cries, c. 1600-1750
Kate Davison, Sheffield: Ned Ward and London Streets
Adam Crymble, Hertfordshire: Demobilisation as Vagrancy in London, 1750-1820
12.45 – 13.45 Lunch
13.45 – 15.00 Ian Archer, Oxford: The carmen of London and stereotypes of the labouring poor
15.00 – 15.15 pause
15.15 – 17.00 Charlotte Berry, IHR: Moving to and through the city: vagrancy, mobility and reputation in London, c. 1470-1530
Stefania Perring, York: In the shadow of a cathedral: street space and everyday life around York Minster, c. 1500-1640
17.00-17.15 Concluding discussion
There is a registration fee of £20 (£10 for registered students and the unwaged), to include tea/coffee, and lunch of sandwiches and fruit. It is essential to book in advance, by returning the slip below.
SLIPS AND CHEQUES (made out to Ian Archer) should be sent by 20 January 2018 to Dr Ian Archer, Keble College, Oxford, OX1 3PG.
Ian Archer (Keble, Oxford), Jonathan Barry (Exeter), Peter Borsay (Aberystwyth), Justin Colson (Essex), Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck, London), Christian Liddy (Durham), Julia Merritt (Nottingham), Roey Sweet (Leicester)
Date:
27 January 2018, 10:00
Venue:
Rooms 416 and 417, Malet Street building, Birkbeck College WC1E 7HX (enter from Torrington Square; lift to 4th floor and follow signs).
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organiser contact email address:
ian.archer@history.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Required
Booking email:
ian.archer@history.ox.ac.uk
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Laura Spence
