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    Month: April 2014

    Three PhD Studentships: Cultures of Consumption in Early Modern Europe

    • 29th April 2014
    • Jobs & Studentships
    • James Brown

    The White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities is delighted to announce three fully-funded PhD studentships on ‘Cultures of Consumption in Early Modern Europe’, starting in autumn 2014. One of the studentships, based here at Sheffield under the joint supervision of our PI Professor Phil Withington and Dr Tania Demetriou, focuses on ‘The Invention […]

    24 Hour Port Book People: Reconstructing England’s Intoxicants Trade, 1580-1740

    • 28th April 2014
    • Project Updates
    • James Brown

    England’s traffic in intoxicants between 1580 and 1740, both domestic and international, can be best traced through port books. As such, me and my fellow Research Associate Tim Wales have spent the last six months – and will spend the next two – trawling through the relevant collection (E 190) at The National Archives for […]

    Project Outreach Session: The Eighteenth Century Gin Craze

    • 17th April 2014
    • Events / Impact & Engagement / Project Updates
    • James Brown

    The project did another bit of outreach on 2 April when I led a session on early modern intoxicants for Year 12 students during a University of Sheffield open day. Organised by Discover Arts and Humanities – a new initiative of the Outreach team and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities designed to introduce GCSE […]

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    About

    A research team investigating the importance of intoxicants and intoxication to the economic, social, political, material, and cultural life of England between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.

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    We're a collaboration between the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Department of History and HRI Digital at the University of Sheffield. We are generously supported by the ESRC and AHRC.

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    Our banner image is a detail from 'Regaling in a Cabaret' by G. van Herp, Wellcome Library, London (CC BY 4.0). Our Blog and About page image is a detail from 'Dwarf with Bottle and Glass, Drink Spilling' by Jacques Callot, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (CC0 1.0).

    Blog
    • Event Report: Intoxicants and Politics Past and Present 30th May 2017
    • Intoxicants and Empire c.1600-1800: Space and Material Culture 17th April 2017
    • Project Event: Intoxicants and Politics Past and Present 8th September 2016
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