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…
Felicia and Floris participate in a Workshop at Durham University
On October 30th Felicia and Floris took part in the online workshop ‘Questions and Themes in the Research in the History of East Asia.’
Re-examining Empire from the Margins, Munich October 2021
This two-day international workshop, organised by Bernhard Schär and Mikko Toivanen, brought together scholars working on historical imperial entanglements of European spaces not conventionally thought of as major imperial powers, such as Scandinavian as well as Central and Eastern European territories.
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.