British Agricultural History Society
promoting the study of agricultural history and the history of rural economy and society
Winter Conference - Saturday 5 December 2015
Institute for Historical Research, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
Wolfson Room I
Occupations, Work and Gender in Rural Britain, from the Fourteenth to the Twentieth Century
Programme
10.30
REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
10.45
Professor Richard Smith, (University of Cambridge)
‘How agricultural was the employment structure of England in 1381?’
11.45
Professor Jane Whittle and Dr Mark Hailwood (University of Exeter)
‘So what is work exactly? Examining women’s and men’s work activities in early modern rural England’
1.00
LUNCH
2.00
Dr Sebastian Keibek and Dr Leigh Shaw-Taylor (University of Cambridge)
‘The occupational structure of rural England and Wales in the c.1710-1891’
3.00
Dr Nicola Verdon (Sheffield Hallam University)
‘Gender, class and meanings of work in the Great War: The Women’s War Agricultural Committees’
4.00
TEA
4.30
CONFERENCE ENDS
The cost of the conference is £30 (with lunch) or £15 (without lunch). To attend, please fill in the form at: