Graduate Seminar in History, 1680-1850

The seminar will meet weekly (except in Week 3), on Tuesdays at 16:15, in the Beckington Room, Lincoln College (ask at the college lodge for directions). Tea and coffee will be served from 16:00. All research students working in this period are encouraged to attend; anyone else interested is also very welcome.

For information about the seminar, and news of forthcoming events, visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/Oxford-seminar-in-mainly-British-History-1680-1850/123050627891042

We would be happy to post notices of interest to our group – contact perry.gauci@lincoln.ox.ac.uk
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: B. Harris (Worcester), P. Gauci (Lincoln), O. Cox (TORCH), H. Smith (St Hilda's)
Timing: Tuesdays at 16:00
Web Address: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oxford-seminar-in-mainly-British-History-1680-1850/123050627891042

Talks:

Tuesday 28 January 2020 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

"No more victories! No more conquests!": The French and British East India Companies’ search for an entente, 1752–1788
Date: 28 January 2020, 16:15 - 17:15 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : John Shovlin (New York)
Venue: Lincoln College, Turl Street OX1 3DR
Venue Details: Beckington Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 February 2020 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Balancing Power: Strategy, Law, and British Maintenance of Dutch and Spanish Neutrality during the Seven Years War
Date: 11 February 2020, 16:15 - 17:15 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Anna Brinkman (Warwick)
Venue: Lincoln College, Turl Street OX1 3DR
Venue Details: Beckington Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 February 2020 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

"Gentlemen of the China Trade": The China Club and Cultures of Porcelain Retailing in Eighteenth-Century London
Date: 18 February 2020, 16:15 - 17:15 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Sam Cheney (New College)
Venue: Lincoln College, Turl Street OX1 3DR
Venue Details: Beckington Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 February 2020 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Marketing strategies in eighteenth-century France and England: the example of the perfumer
Date: 25 February 2020, 16:15 - 17:15 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Kirsten James (Leicester)
Venue: Lincoln College, Turl Street OX1 3DR
Venue Details: Beckington Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2020 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Discussion on 'Family and Empire: Kinship and British Colonialism in the East India Company Era, c. 1750-1850'
Date: 3 March 2020, 16:15 - 17:15 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Margot Finn (UCL)
Venue: Lincoln College, Turl Street OX1 3DR
Venue Details: Beckington Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 March 2020 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Great Expectations: Heritage, Communication and the Museum
Date: 10 March 2020, 16:15 - 17:15 (Tuesday, 8th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Steven Parissien (Palace House Museum, Newmarket)
Venue: Lincoln College, Turl Street OX1 3DR
Venue Details: Beckington Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Laura Spence