Economic History Society
(Charity Nos. 228494; SCO38304)
Funded Residential Course for PhD Students
in Economic and Social History
Chancellors Residential Centre, Chancellors Way, Moseley Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 9PL
(http://www.chancellorshotel.co.uk/)
28 November – 1 December 2012
Programme
Arrival: Wednesday, 28 November
18.45
19.30
20.30
Informal meeting and briefing session (Bar/lounge bar)
Dinner/Bar
Summary of work currently being undertaken (2 minutes per student)
Each session will involve a student making a presentation about their thesis (15-20 minutes) followed by comments from a student discussant (5-7 minutes) and a staff discussant (5-7 minutes)
leaving 30-40 minutes for general discussion. Sessions will be chaired by students.
Thursday, 29 November
08.15 – 9.00
Breakfast
Time
09.00 – 10.10
Activity
Session 1
Student
Jordan Claridge
Title of Thesis
The horse trade and the economy in medieval England
10.10 – 11.20
Session 1
Adrian Leonard
The financial history of London marine insurance, 1548-1824
11.20 – 11.50
11.50 – 13.00
Coffee
Session 3
Claire Higgins
Controlled generosity? The development of Australian refugee
policy 1975-84
13.00 – 14.20
14.20 – 15.30
Lunch
Session 4
15.30 – 15.50
15.50 – 17.00
Tea
Session 5
Meike Fellinger
17.00 – 17.20
17.20 – 18.30
Tea
Session 6
Zubair Abbasi
19.30
Discussant 1
Bernadette
McCooey
Zubair Abbasi
Discussant 2
Norris Nash
Chair
Simon Hill
Anne Murphy
Gabriele Cappelli
Adrian Williamson
Leigh Gardner
Adrian Leonard
Beyond company control: merchant mariners and European
private trade in Chinese export wares, 1720-70
Simon Hill
Norris Nash
Samuel Gibbs
Colonial state and Muslim institutions: a study of developments in
Waqf Law in British India
Adrian Leonard
Anne Murphy
Adrian Williamson
Methodology Session
Dinner/Bar
Friday, 30 November
08.15 – 9.00
Breakfast
Time
09.00 – 10.10
Activity
Session 1
Student
Richard Hresko
10.10 – 11.20
Session 2
Simon Hill
11.20 – 11.50
11.50 – 13.00
Coffee
Session 3
13.00 – 14.20
14.20 – 15.30
Lunch
Session 4
15.30 – 15.50
15.50 – 17.00
Tea
Session 5
17.00 – 17.20
17.20 – 18.30
Tea
Session 6
19.30
Gregori GalofreVila
Title of Thesis
The development of the ferrous arms and armour industry in
medieval England: 1272-1483
British imperial policy-making: gentlemanly capitalism, the
American Revolution & Liverpool, 1763-83
Discussant 1
Samuel Gibbs
Discussant 2
Steve Rigby
Meike Fellinger
Norris Nash
Chair
Gregori GalofreVila
Jordan Claridge
Climate effects on stature
Gabriele Cappelli
Florian Ploeckl
Claire Higgins
Academic Careers Session
Adrian Williamson
The making of economic Thatcherism, 1964-79?
Claire Higgins
Leigh Gardner
Zubair Abbasi
Bernadette
McCooey
Animal husbandry in pre-industrial Iceland
Jordan Claridge
Steve Rigby
Richard Hresko
Dinner/Bar
Saturday, 1 December
08.30 – 9.10
Breakfast
Time
09.10 – 10.20
Activity
Session 1
Student
Gabriele Cappelli
Title of Thesis
The diverging fortune of Italy's regions, 1861-1931: a new
analysis based on social and human capital indicators
Discussant 1
Gregori GalofreVila
Discussant 2
Florian Ploeckl
Chair
Bernadette
McCooey
10.20 – 10.50
10.50 – 12.00
Coffee
Session 2
Samuel Gibbs
The medieval archer: professional soldier or obligated peasant? A
prosopographical analysis of archers and their military service,
with parallel case studies into the social and economic impact of
service on these men in the period 1350-1400
Richard Hresko
Steve Rigby
Meike Fellinger
12.00 – 12.30
Thank you
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch*
* Lunch is optional.
Course ends