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Militantism and Non-Violence in the Women’s Suffrage Movement
19 Dec, 2025
This blog presents an overview of Valeria Rueda at the University of Nottingham’s project, “Militantism and Non Violence in...
Waging the War of Ideas: The Institute of Economic Affairs and Neoliberalism in Post-War Britain 1945-1979
17 Dec, 2025
This blog post by Joseph Moore (University of Manchester) introduces research supported by the Economic History Society’s Research Fund...
The Economic Lives of Rural Women in Qing China: Evidence from Nanbu County, 1656-1911
15 Dec, 2025
This blog post by Supeng Wang (University of Oxford) reflects ongoing research supported by the Economic History Society’s Research...
Zhangzhou Porcelain: Export Ceramics from Fujian during the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries
5 Dec, 2025
This blog by Judy Law of the University of Warwick is based upon a grant awarded by the Economic...
Global shipping and the invisible limits of decolonisation in Eastern Africa
4 Dec, 2025
This blog presents research by George Roberts of the University of Sheffield which has recently been awarded a Carnevali...
Commodity, Labour, and Capital in Experiences of Enslavement in Africa
27 Nov, 2025
In this blog post, Kate Ekama of Stellenbosch University and Bronwen Everill of Princeton University introduce their research project...
Exploring histories of human, animal, and environmental exploitation at Hull’s Wilberforce Institute, with HistoryLab+
20 Nov, 2025
This post provides a brief overview of the 2024 HistoryLab+ conference, which was held in Hull on 25-26 July...
Did early modern Europeans fail to look after their poor? Poverty and poor relief in France and Spain, c. 1600-1800.
13 Nov, 2025
This blog post is based on a grant awarded to Professor Julie Marfany of the University of Durham by...
