In addition to our own events, we’ll share our goals and findings at a wide range of external forums. Papers, presentations, and outreach engagements will be listed here. If you’d like us to contribute to your event or programme, do Contact Us or get in touch via Twitter.
Exploring the eighteenth-century gin craze with Year 12 students at a University of Sheffield open day.
Forthcoming
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2017
- 29 November 2017: James Brown & Tim Wales, Invited Paper: ‘Vicars on the Liquor: Clerical Intoxication in Early Modern England’, Early Modern Seminar Series (UEA, Norwich)
- 26 October 2017: James Brown, Invited Lecture: ‘Intoxicants and Early Modernity’, Royal Holloway Student History Society (Royal Holloway, London)
- 18 October 2017: Phil Withington, Invited Paper: ‘Where Was the Coffee in Early Modern England?’, Early Modern Seminar Series (UEA, Norwich)
- 27 September 2017: James Brown, Invited Talk: ‘A Toast to Cromwellian Alehouses: Drink and Drinking in the 1650s’, Annual Fundraiser of the Cromwell Museum (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge)
- 16 September 2017: James Brown, Paper: ‘Alehouse Licensing in Early Modern England: Some New Evidence from Chester, Manchester, and Norwich’, Connections in Commerce and Consumption: Production, Distribution and Consumption in Britain and Europe, 1500-1800 (Conference, University of Sheffield)
- 30 August 2017: James Brown, Invited Lecture: ‘Landscapes of Drink in Early Modern England’, IECHA Food and Drink Summer University (Tours)
- 5 June 2017: James Brown, Invited Paper: ‘The Shaming of Ann Savage: Intoxicants, Gender, and the Church Courts in Early Modern England’, Mini-Colloquium on the Intoxicants and Early Modernity Project, Tudor and Stuart History (IHR Seminar, Senate House)
- 5 June 2017: Angela McShane, Invited Paper: ‘Rituals, Routine, and Materiality: Drinking ‘Too Much’ and ‘Just Enough’ in Early Modern England’, Mini-Colloquium on the Intoxicants and Early Modernity Project, Tudor and Stuart History (IHR Seminar, Senate House)
- 5 June 2017: Phil Withington, Invited Paper: ‘Where Was the Coffee in Early Modern England?’, Mini-Colloquium on the Intoxicants and Early Modernity Project, Tudor and Stuart History (IHR Seminar, Senate House)
- 11 May 2017: James Brown & Tim Wales, Invited Paper: ‘Shamefully Disordered with Excessive Drinking: Clerical Intoxication in Early Modern England’, Society, Culture, and Belief, 1500-1800 (IHR Seminar, Senate House)
- 8 May 2017: James Brown & Tim Wales, Invited Paper: ‘Shamefully Disordered with Excessive Drinking: Clerical Intoxication in Early Modern England’, Grenoside and District Local History Group (Sheffield)
- 1 April 2017: Phil Withington, Paper: ‘Where Was the Coffee in Early Modern England?’, Economic History Society Annual Conference (Conference, Royal Holloway)
- 1 April 2017: Tim Wales, Paper: ‘The Economy of Drink in a Small English Town’, Economic History Society Annual Conference (Conference, Royal Holloway)
- 1 April 2017: James Brown, Paper: ‘Alehouse Licensing in Early Modern England Reconsidered’, Economic History Society Annual Conference (Conference, Royal Holloway)
2016
- 10 October 2016: James Brown, Paper: ‘Licensing and Alcohol: The Long View’, Intoxicants and Politics: Past and Present (Conference and Musical Reception, Palace of Westminster)
- 10 October 2016: Angela McShane, Paper: ‘Party Like It’s 1679! Drink, Song, and the Creation of Party Politics’, Intoxicants and Politics: Past and Present (Conference and Musical Reception, Palace of Westminster)
- 30 September 2016: James Brown & Tim Wales, Paper: ‘Intoxicants and Early Modernity: Introducing a Database of Alcohol, Nicotine, Caffeine, and Opium in England, 1580-1740’, Intoxication, Discourse, and Practice (Workshop, University of Sheffield)
- 30 September 2016: Angela McShane, Paper: ‘Through the Venice Glass: Performative Materialities in Early Modern England’, Intoxication, Discourse, and Practice (Workshop, University of Sheffield)
- 9 September 2016: James Brown, Paper: ‘Electrifying Intoxicants: Building a Database of Alcohol, Nicotine, Caffeine, and Opium in Early Modern England’, Digital Humanities Congress 2016 (Sheffield)
- 18 August 2016: James Brown, Paper: ‘Early Modern Intoxicants in Digital Space and Time’, Sixteenth Century Society Conference (Bruges)
- 8 July 2016: James Brown, Interview: ‘Historians’ Use of Historical Search Engines’, Marine Lives
- 1 July 2016: Angela McShane, Paper: ‘Through the Venice Glass: Performative Materialities in Early Modern Europe’, All the World’s a Stage: Performing Identity in Everyday Life (Conference, University of Bristol)
- 21 May 2016: ‘The Intoxication Station: New Histories of Mind-Altering Substances at the University of Sheffield’, Display: Festival of Arts and Humanities (Millennium Gallery, Sheffield)
- 18 May 2016: James Brown & Phil Withington, Discussants (with Professor David Nutt): ‘Intoxicants, Law, and Policy’, Festival of Arts and Humanities (University of Sheffield)
- 5 May 2016: Angela McShane, Interview: ‘Great Fire of London’ (The Hairy Bikers’ Pubs That Built Britain, BBC2)
- 29 April 2016: Angela McShane, Talk: ‘Drink Love and Loyalty in Europe’, Baroque to the Future: Friday Late (V&A)
- 27 April 2016: Angela McShane, Paper: ‘Material Rhetoric and Ritual Drinking in Early Modern England’ (Durham Early Modern Seminar)
- 22 April 2016: Phil Withington, Interview: ‘Scenes from Student Life: Lords and Sizars’ (BBC Radio 4)
- 1 April 2016: Angela McShane, Paper: ‘Rituals, Routine, and Materiality: Drinking ‘Too Much’ and ‘Just Enough’ in Early Modern England’, Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting (Conference, Boston)
- 1 April 2016: James Brown, Paper: ‘Detecting Drunkenness in Early Modern England’, Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting (Conference, Boston)
- 21 March 2016: Tim Wales, Paper: ‘The Practices and Politics of Tobacco Consumption in Norfolk, 1660-1730’, Social History Society 40th Anniversary Conference (University of Lancaster)
- 11 March 2016: Angela McShane, Paper: ‘All the World in a Venice Glass’, Early Modern European Circulations: Objects, Networks and Cultural Spaces/Identities (Conference, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle)
- 18 February 2016: Angela McShane, Paper: ‘The Goldilocks and the Three Bears Routine: A Material Enquiry into Drinking ‘Too Much’ and ‘Just Enough’ in Early Modern England’ (Early Modern Forum, SCEMS, University of Sheffield)
- 12 February 2016, Angela McShane, Talk: ‘Early Modern Tales of Love’, Love and Liaisons: Friday Late (V&A)
- 6 February 2016: James Brown, Paper: ‘Detecting Drunkenness in Early Modern England’, Discourse and Practice (Workshop, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg)
- 4–6 February 2016: Angela McShane, Paper: ‘Belonging and Belongings: Social Practice and Identity Contained in a Tobacco Box’, Transkulturelle Mehrfachzugehörigkeiten: Räume, Materialitäten, Erinnerungen (Conference, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg)
- 7 January 2016: James Brown & Tim Wales, Paper: ‘‘A Merry Parson’: The Scandalous Sociability of Nathaniel Rothwell, 1703–08′, British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Annual Conference (Conference, University of Oxford)
2015
- 17 December 2015: James Brown, Talk: ‘Sozzled in Sidestrand: The Drunken and Quarrelsome Temper of George Bearfoot’ (Early Modern Forum, SCEMS, University of Sheffield)
- 10 December 2015: James Brown, Talk: ‘Intoxicants and Early Modernity: England, 1580-1740’ (Early Modern Forum, SCEMS, University of Sheffield)
- 28 October 2015: Phil Withington, Paper: ‘The Invention of Happiness’ (CREMS Annual Lecture, University of Birmingham)
- 7 October 2015: James Brown, Talk: ‘Intoxicants and Early Modernity: England, 1580-1740’, Beverage Research Network: Inaugural Research Day (Workshop, Institute of Technology Tallaght)
- 3 October 2015: Phil Withington, Paper: ‘The Invention of Happiness’ (Seminar, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
- 7 September 2015: James Brown & Tim Wales, Paper: ‘‘A Merry Parson’: Self and Sociability in the Case of Nathaniel Rothwell, 1703–08′, Notions and Practices of Self (Workshop, University of Sheffield)
- 24 June 2015: Angela McShane, Talk: ‘The King Drinks!’ (Lunchtime Lecture, V&A)
- 15 June 2015: Angela McShane (with Nigel Jeffries), Paper: ‘I Say ‘Shard’, You Say ‘Sherd’’: Contrasting and Complimentary Approaches to a Piece of Early Modern Venice Glass’, Glass for Eating, Drinking, and Making Merry (Association for the History of Glass Study Day, Wallace Collection)
- 5 June 2015: James Brown & Tim Wales, Paper: ‘‘A Merry Parson’: The Scandalous Sociability of Nathaniel Rothwell, 1703–08′, Beyond The Coffee House: Masculinities and Social Spaces in the Long Eighteenth Century (Conference, QMUL)
- 9 April 2015: Angela McShane, Interview: ‘A History of Seventeenth-Century Pubs’ (The Groovy Historian)
- 11 February 2015: Angela McShane (with Nigel Jeffries), Paper: ‘I Say ‘Shard’, You Say ‘Sherd’: Contrasting and Complimentary Approaches to Early Modern Venice Glass’, Things that Matter, 1400-1900 (Seminar Series, CRASSH, University of Cambridge)
2014
- 5 December 2014: Angela McShane, Paper: ‘Subjects and Objects: Political Drinking Rituals in Seventeenth-Century England’, Objects of Early Modern Literature (Conference, QMUL)
- 14 October 2014: Angela McShane, Talk: ‘What’s in a Teapot?’ (Invited Undergraduate Lecture, Making History, UCL)
- 6 October 2014: Phil Withington, Talk: ‘Why Intoxication?’ (Off the Shelf Literary Festival, Sheffield)
- 4 & 5 October 2014: Phil Withington, Talk: ‘Did Coffee Make Modern Politics?’ (School of Thought, Intoxication Season, Kew Gardens)
- 26 September 2014: James Brown, Talk: ‘Intoxicants in History’ (Researchers’ Night, Festival of the Mind, University of Sheffield)
- 20 & 21 September 2014: Phil Withington, Talk: ‘Intoxicating Cures: Alcohol and Renaissance Medicine’ (School of Thought, Intoxication Season, Kew Gardens)
- 12 September 2014: Phil Withington, Paper: ‘Why Intoxication?’, Alcohol and Consumption: The New History of Alcohol (Workshop, Bucknell University)
- 23 July 2014: Phil Withington, Paper: ‘The Modern Invention of Happiness’, New Approaches to the Renaissance (Workshop, Northwestern University)
- 30 June 2014: James Brown, Talk/Lesson: ‘Drug Scares Past and Present: The Early Modern Gin Craze’ (Discover Arts and Humanities, University of Sheffield)
- 15 May 2014: Angela McShane, Interview: ‘Five Minutes with… Dr Angela McShane’ (The History Vault)
- 2 April 2014: James Brown, Talk/Lesson: ‘Drug Scares Past and Present: The Early Modern Gin Craze’ (Discover Arts and Humanities, University of Sheffield)
- 14 January 2014: Phil Withington, Interview: ‘Electronic Cigarettes’ (The Long View, BBC Radio 4)
2013
- 22 November 2013: Angela McShane, Talk: ‘Driving the V&A to Drink’ (Invited Undergraduate Lecture, History and Material Culture, University of Manchester)
- 21 November 2013: James Brown & Angela McShane, Paper: ‘Intoxicants and Early Modernity: An Ontological Cocktail’ (History Department Research Seminar, University of Manchester)
- 29 October 2013: Phil Withington, Talk: ‘Intoxication and Madness’ (The Poetry of Madness)
- 19 October 2013: Phil Withington, Discussant: ‘What is Addiction?’ (Battle of Ideas, Barbican, London)