With apologies for any cross-posting, I hope the conference below will be of interest to at least some list members:
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The CHORD conference on 'Retailing and Distribution in the Seventeenth Century'
will take place at the University of Wolverhampton
on 7 September 2017
The programme, together with abstracts, registration details and further information, can be found at:
https://retailhistory.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/chord-conference-retailing-and-distribution-in-the-seventeenth-century/
The programme includes:
Alex Taylor, University of Sheffield, UK
The dissemination of tobacco in seventeenth-century England, 1625-1685
Tom Rusbridge, University of Birmingham, UK
Innovations in Tanning in Early Modern Britain and Europe
Glynis Hughs, independent researcher, UK
‘What Do You Lack?’ The Role of the Itinerant Trader in Seventeenth Century England
Jessica Cunningham, Maynooth University, Co Kildare, Ireland
‘Establishing excellence and consumer confidence: Dublin’s goldsmiths’ guild in the seventeenth century’
Laurie Lindey, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, UK
The London furniture trade, 1640-1720
Evana Downes, University of Kent, UK
Balancing the urban ‘stomach’: the impact of regulation on London’s food vendors
Mabel Winter, University of Sheffield, UK
The Case of Thompson & Company: commerce, banking, and politics in the late seventeenth century
Sébastien Pautet, University Paris Diderot (Paris VII), France
Make It Come True. Far East Product Imitations in Parisian Shops at the End of the Seventeenth Century
Charlie Taverner, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Marginal no more: selling food on the street in seventeenth-century London
The conference will be held at the University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton City Campus.
The fee is £22.
Registration is via the University of Wolverhampton's e-store, at:
http://www.estore.wlv.ac.uk/product-catalogue/conferences-events/faculty-of-social-sciences/chord-conference-retail-work-historical-perspectives/chord-conference-retailing-and-distribution-in-the-seventeenth-century
Or see the conference web-pages, at: https://retailhistory.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/chord-conference-retailing-and-distribution-in-the-seventeenth-century/
Or contact Laura Ugolini, at: [log in to unmask]
Information about CHORD events can also be found here: https://retailhistory.wordpress.com/
Prof. Laura Ugolini
Professor of History
Dept. of History, Politics, War Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Room MH124
Mary Seacole (MH) Building
University of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
WV1 1LY
Find out more about CHORD events: https://retailhistory.wordpress.com
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