“Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship in the Early Modern World” Leiden, Netherlands
In September Felicia travelled to the Netherlands to take part in a one-day workshop organised by Prof Catia Antunes (Leiden) and Dr Edmond Smith (Manchester). As they explained: “Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship sit, often uncomfortably, at the heart of many historical traditions interested in imperial expansion, economic development or technological change.
Venetian spies and Ottoman guns
In May, and September 2022, Rémi undertook fieldwork in Venice to look at documents and objects related to firearm technologies in the Mediterranean world, especially in the Ottoman empire. In its long history, Venice was the main interlocutor of the Ottomans. Intense conflicts, trade relations and diplomatic exchanges produced vast archival holdings.
Oliver at the Victoria and Albert Museum – October 2022
On a sunny Autumn Thursday in early October, Oliver made the trip to London to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum. After getting lost in the vast museum galleries, Oliver eventually found his way to the conference he was attending. The Association of the History of Glass, along with the Victoria and Albert Museum, hosted a conference titled “Celebrating the birth of English and Irish Crystal Drinking Glass”.
The Bowes Museum’s Textiles collections
In July 2022 Felicia met with the Bowes’ new textiles’ curator, Rachel Whitworth. They wandered through the Bowes’ exciting collections and displays and discussed how the museum and project might collaborate to further the museum’s founders’, Josephine and John Bowes’…
Felicia and Rémi at the XIX World Economic History Congress in Paris
After being postponed because of the COVID crisis, the 19th World Congress was finally held in the new Campus Condorcet, in Aubervilliers, just outside Paris. The Congress theme this year was “resources”, that is natural, material, immaterial and human (work and skill): water, air, energy, food products, raw materials, labour, capital, patents etc., as one of the main challenges of the contemporary world.
Museums, Migration, and Inclusivity
On Monday the 20th of June 2022 the team met with our national museum partners in our office at Northumbria University. To discuss issues of community engagement, representation, and inclusive practice we were joined by…
Oliver delves into the world of Glass in the North
For those of you who are not aware, 2022 has been designated the International Year of Glass by the United Nations. This will celebrate the essential role glass has in the world today. As part of a large programme of events exploring glass and its impacts…
Early Modern Science, Technology, and Institutions
On Friday May 13 Felicia, Rémi and Floris attended the ‘Early Modern Science, Technology, and Institutions’ Conference at the University of Manchester…
Paris’ canons
In December 2021, and May 2022, Rémi undertook fieldwork in Paris to visit the archives and collections of the Musée de l’Armée, the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac, and the Bibliothèque Ottomane et Turque of the Collège de France.
Floris digs into Dutch National Archives
On the 7th of April, Floris set off to the Netherlands to conduct research at both the National Archives (Nationaal Archief) and National Library (KB Nationale Bibliotheek) in The Hague…
Paris Round Table for ‘Semaine Arabe’
On Friday 11 March, Rémi took part in a roundtable devoted to the Sahelian sultanates, between the 14th and 16th centuries…
A Meeting of Minds
On Wednesday the 26th of January, Nicholas McGee from Durham University visited us in Newcastle to discuss his research with us. In advance of the meeting, Nick shared a chapter of his forthcoming book on interactions between the Qing and British empires in managing the sovereignties and movements of Chinese migrant communities.
Voyage of Discovery
On Wednesday the 24th of November the members of the team (Felicia, Rémi, Floris, June and Oliver) visited the Discovery Museum, in Newcastle, to meet our project collaborator, the Tyne and Wear Archive and Museum (TWAM)…
TOP – The Other Perspective
On Tuesday 19th November project team went on their very first trip to visit TOP, The Other Perspective. Founded by Bini Araia, himself a former Eritrean Refugee, this community interest organisation assists migrant and refugee communities in the North East of England, by helping highly motivated individuals find employment…
Oriental Museum
On Wednesday the 20th of October all members of the team (Felicia, Remi, Floris, June and Oliver) went on a trip to meet with the first of our museum partners, the Oriental Museum at the University of Durham...
Inaugural Project Meeting
On 5 October 2021 we had our very first meeting as a project team in our new office, shared between the PI (Felicia Gottmann) and the two Postdoctoral Research Fellows, Floris van Swet and Rémi Dewière, and with plenty of additional desk space for our two PhD students, Oliver Gunning and June Watson, and a large meeting table to accommodate all of us.