History Department Events Calendar
Thursday, June 05, 2008
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Eighteenth-Century PhD WorkshopH4.02 (Humanities Building)Eighteenth-Century PhD workshop 5 June 2008 Politeness 2.30-5.00 H. 4.02 2.30-4.00 pm: New perspectives on Eighteenth-Century PolitenessChair: Dr Stephane Van Damme Philippa Hubbard, “Politeness and Eighteenth-Century History Today”Readings: Paul Langford, 'The Uses of Eighteenth-Century Politeness', Transactions ofthe RHS 12 (2002): 311-31.***R.H. Sweet, 'Topographies of Politeness', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 12(2002): 355-74. Katie Smith, “The Production of Politeness”Reading: Larry Klein, ‘Politeness and the Interpretation of the British Eighteenth-century’, The Historical Journal, vol. 45, Number 4 (2002), pp. 869-898. Helen Berry, 'Polite Consumption: Shopping in Eighteenth-Century England', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 12 (2002), pp. 375-394. Sarah Easterby-Smith, “Politeness and the history of science”Reading: John Gascoigne, Joseph Banks and the English Enlightenment: Useful Knowledge and Polite Culture (1994) Tea Break 4.00-5.00 pm: Round-tableMaxine Berg Giorgio Riello Trevor Burnard Mark Knights |