Economic History Society
Women’s Committee 25th Annual Workshop
Women in Economic and Social History:
Past, Present and Future
Saturday, 22 November 2014
Institute of Historical Research, London
The Women’s Committee workshop in 2014 celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Committee by exploring the
legacy and continued work of women in economic and social history.
10:30 am: Registration and Coffee
11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Panel One
Emerging Areas of Research in the Socio-Economic History of Women (from Medieval to Modern)
Teresa Phipps (University of Nottingham)
Commerce, Credit and Coverture: Women and Debt Litigation in Fourteenth-Century Nottingham
Judy Stephenson (London School of Economics)
Female Building Contractors in Eighteenth-Century London
Amanda Wilkinson (Eileen Power Fellow 2013-14, Eastern ARC Fellow for Digital Humanities, Essex)
Women’s Occupations in the Censuses of Rural Communities, 1851-1911
12:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Panel Two
The Legacy of Women in Economic and Social History
John Beckett (University of Nottingham)
Women Economic and Social Historians and the Victoria County History, 1899-1915
Pamela Sharpe (University of Tasmania)
The History Woman – Joan Thirsk
2:30 pm: Coffee/Tea Break
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Roundtable
Women in Social and Economic History in the Past, Present and Future
Including presentations by: Professor Pat Hudson, Professor Nicholas Crafts and Professor Maxine Berg
4:30: Closing Remarks
The workshop will be held at the Institute of Historical Research in central London, walking distance from
Euston Station.
For further information please contact:
Dr Emily Buchnea (emily.buchnea@newcastle.ac.uk) or
Dr Helen Paul (h.j.paul@soton.ac.uk)
Booking Form for the 25th Annual Women’s Committee Workshop
Workshop fees inclusive of all refreshments: £25 non-members; £20 members of the Economic History Society;
£15 unwaged. Ten free places are available for postgraduate students on a first-come first-served basis; please
provide evidence of status with your booking form.
Name: _________________________________________
Institution: _______________________________
Postal Address: _____________________________________________________________________________
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Postcode: ________________________________
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Please tick if you would like to go for a drink and/or meal following the workshop: Drink______ Meal______
Cheque (made payable to the ‘Economic History Society’) enclosed for: _______________________________
Please return to Dr Helen Paul, Economics, Social Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17
1BJ by 24 October 2014.