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• 17 oct 2013

  18 oct 2013

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - History

  Surveys in Great Britain, 11th-20th centuries : knowledge and instruments of government

  The purpose of this conference, organized by the Groupe de Recherches 3434 Mondes britanniques at the CNRS, is to deepen understanding of the role and operation of surveys as instruments of government in Great Britain as it unfolds over time. This event will bring specialists of Great Britain together with discussion leaders to yield a French or 'continental' view of these instruments.

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• 01 nov 2013

  Call for papers - History

  Retrospectives: A Postgraduate History Journal

  Retrospectives: A Postgraduate History Journal is pleased to announce the call for papers for its 2014 edition. Retrospectives is an online graduate journal run and published by postgraduate history students at the University of Warwick. Retrospectives is dedicated to the publication of original, peer-reviewed refereed articles and book reviews by postgraduate students within any historical era. It specialises on early modern to contemporary history, with a focus on the ‘non-traditional’ aspects and other aspects reflected in the University of Warwick’s research community.

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• 03 jui 2013	04 jui 2013	05 jui 2013
  06 jui 2013

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - History

  Scotland, Europe and Empire in the Age of Adam Smith and Beyond

  Hosted by the Centre Roland Mousnier, the ECSSS (Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society) and the International Adam Smith Society will hold a conference at the Sorbonne in Paris, from the 3rd to the 6th of July 2013. The theme of the conference will be : Scotland, Europe and Empire in the Age of Adam Smith and Beyond. The conference will tackle the question of the role of Scotland and Adam Smith’s thought in the constitution of the British Empire (and the other empires) during the Eighteenth Century, from America to Asia.

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• 07 mai 2013	14 mai 2013	18 mai 2013
  21 mai 2013	28 mai 2013

  Neuchâtel

  Lecture series - History

  Manufacturers and merchants : making and exporting clocks and other luxury goods in the 18th century

  Roger Smith is an independent historian who was educated at the University of London. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2006. He is chiefly interested in the organisation of the manufacture and sale of clocks, watches and related luxury articles in the eighteenth century, including international aspects like the migration of craftsmen. He has done much research into the Anglo-Swiss watchmaking firm of Vulliamy of London, and is currently working on a major study of James Cox and his competitors in the trade in clocks and watches from Western Europe to Asia. As well as publishing extensively on such topics, he has acted as historical adviser to museums and auction houses, including the loan exhibition SingSong, Treasures from the Forbidden City at the Museum Speelklok, Utrecht in 2010-11.

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• 12 avr 2013

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Thought

  Hobbes and the Limits of Obligation

  Colloque « Hobbes et les limites de l'obligation / Hobbes and the Limits of Obligation », organisé par le Centre d’études sociologiques et politiques Raymond Aron, le vendredi 12 Avril 2013

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• 30 mai 2013

  31 mai 2013

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - America

  The Atlantic World of Anthony Benezet

  Antoine Bénézet (Anthony Benezet) né le 31 janvier 1713 à St Quentin et mort le 3 mai 1784 à Philadelphie, quaker, philanthrope et anti-esclavagiste américain.

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