IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar

IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar

@long18thsem

History of Britain + associated regions during the long 18th century. Join us in person or on Zoom every other Wed. at 17.30 GMT https://t.co/VliOcxXkDl

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Brendan Tam
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CFP - Please share! @long18thsem is hosting its annual Lightning Talks session, aimed towards hearing presentations about the research of early stage PhDs working on Britain History in the long 18th century. See the attached poster for further information
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Zara Kesterton
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#CfP Hello, if anyone is still here on X! I’m thrilled to be organising a conference with @lucyjanehavard on Plants and People. Please send abstracts and bios to us by Friday 14 March!
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A particular late eighteenth century challenge to arbitration was focused on the arbitrary nature of the process, with arbitrators being viewed as delivering summary justice.
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In the late 19th century, the ‘Englishness’ of the Rule of Law and the letter of the law became a particular focus. Rule of law was sometimes contrasted with arbitration, with critiques of the two differing in nature.
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Francis Boorman starting tonight’s seminar by providing an introduction to arbitration in eighteenth century England and its links to popular culture and the ‘Englishness of arbitration’.
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Penelope Corfield introducing speakers Shinji Nohara and Elena Yi-Jia Zeng for tonight’s seminar on Adam Smith, David Hume in Context: Moral Philosophy and Enlightened Monarchy #18thc
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Genesis of the 1770 Entail Improvement act was the Duke of Buccleuch’s private bill, drafted by Adam Smith, to loosen the entail on his land. The act, inspired by Dalrymple’s advocacy, left the scaffolding of the tailzie in tact.
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The Tailzie debate reignited in 1764 post the Seven Years War, with the bill produced suggesting Tailzie reform, not complete abolition as suggested by Kames. Key to the debate was the interpretation of the state of entail in England.
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For our third seminar of the 2024-5 year, Tom Pye (UCL) is tonight presenting his paper ‘the endurance of entail: feudal law, political economy, and land reform in late eighteenth-century Britain’
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