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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
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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+
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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...
The price of privilege: understanding absolutism and Atlantic commerce under the Sun King of France
10 Nov, 2025
This blog post by Lewis Wade (Leiden University) is based upon a grant awarded by the Economic History Society...
Market Tolls and Toll Disputes in Early Modern England
3 Nov, 2025
In this blog post, Hillary Taylor of the University of Padua introduces their research project funded by an award...
Fascist Policy and the Great Depression in Italy
16 Oct, 2025
This blog is based upon the research funded by a grant awarded by the Economic History Society through its...
