An online seminar series, Thursdays at 17:30pm.

Convenors: Laura Gowing (KCL), Kate Hodgkin (University of East London), Michael Hunter (Birkbeck), Brodie Waddell (Birkbeck), Rosalind Carr (University of East London), Kat Hill (Birkbeck), Eva Johanna Holmberg (Queen Mary).

Seminar 1: Approaching the History of Social Relations in England, 1500-1640

7 October 2021, 5:30PM - 7:00PM (University of Durham, Online on Zoom)

Andy Wood will be talking about how historians grapple with early modern social relations, including the junction between his recent book, Faith, Hope and Charity: English Neighbourhoods, 1500-1640 (Cambridge, 2020), and his current project on ‘Letters of Blood and Fire: Authority and Resistance in England, 1500-1640’.

Seminar 2: Fictions of Consent: Slavery, Servitude, and Free Service in Early Modern England

4 November 2021, 5:30PM - 7:00PM (University of Toronto, Online on Zoom)

Urvashi Chakravarty will discuss key themes from her forthcoming book, including the ideologies of slavery, indentures and the archives of bondage.

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