GRADUATE SEMINAR IN HISTORY 1680-1850 Michaelmas Term 2014 The seminar will meet weekly, on Wednesdays at 5 p.m., in the Turl Yard Lecture Room, Lincoln College (ask at the college lodge for directions). Tea and Coffee will be served from 4.45pm. All research students working in this period are encouraged to attend; anyone else interested is also very welcome. 15th Oct. (week 1) Introductory party 22nd Oct. (week 2) Jon Mee (York) Thomas Hardy, The London Corresponding Society, and Questions of Religion and Publicity 29th Oct. (week 3) Evan Wilson (Univ) The Sea Officers: Gentility and Professionalism in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815 5th Nov. (week 4) Spike Sweeting (Victoria and Albert Museum/Royal College of Art) The Age of Corruption? Bribery, Politics and Pensions at London’s Customs House, c. 1735-1785 12th Nov. (week 5) Brian Young (Christ Church) Anglican Theologies and Intellectual Life 19th Nov. (week 6) James Marsden (Corpus Christi) Absolutely General Knowledge: History for Schoolboys in Eighteenth-Century Britain 26th Nov. (week 7) Mark Smith (Kellogg) Revolution in the Parish: The Early Evangelical Clergy and the Refashioning of Anglicanism 3rd Dec. (week 8) Roshan Allpress (Christ Church) Credit, Trust and the ‘Intellectual School’ of the Clapham Sect For information about the seminar, and news of forthcoming events, visit our Facebook page: https://facebook/pages/Oxford-seminar-in-mainly-British-History-1680-1850/123050627891042 We would be happy to post notices of interest to our group – contact [email protected] F. Dabhoiwala (Exeter); J. Innes (Somerville), B. Harris (Worcester); P. Gauci (Lincoln)
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