Contact Information

Department of Economic and Social History
The University of Edinburgh
50 George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9JY
Scotland

Tel: 0131 650 3843
Fax: 0131 650 6645

Contact:
Dr Roger Davidson
Tel: 0131 650 3841
E-mail:  Roger.Davidson@ed.ac.uk

University Location and Description

Since its foundation in 1583, the University of Edinburgh has maintained a
distinguished tradition of higher learning and academic excellence.  Today
it is one of Britain's leading research institutions with an international
reputation for scholarship and achievement in all disciplines.

Type of Degree Offered

MSc or Diploma in Economic and Social History.  Msc or Diploma by Research 
(Economic and Social History)

Short History of the Program

These two Msc programmes, M.Sc. in Economic and Social History and an M.Sc.
by Research, were initiated in 1996-97.  Both combine compulsory courses in
Theory, Methodology and Computing for Historians, with optional courses in
substantive research areas.  Both involve a dissertation of approximately
15,000 words.

Students
	
There are currently 8 full-time student enrolled on our Masters programmes
and 6 full-time Ph.D students in the Department.

Faculty

Professor Michael Anderson
(The Western family / Demographic change in modern Britain)

Professor Ian Blanchard
(Medieval and early modern economic history / The Russian economy since 1700)

Dr Martin Chick
(Government-industrial relations in 20th century Britain and France /
Business history)

Dr Roger Davidson
(The social history of venereal disease / Patterns of government growth
since 1870)

Dr Adam Fox
(Popular culture in early modern England / Orality, literacy and print,
1500-1700)

Dr David Greasley
(Comparative economic development since 1700 / The British coal industry)

Dr Trevor Griffiths
(Working class culture in modern Britain / The textile industry / The
history of leisure)

Dr Graeme Morton
(Scottish and British national identity / Local and central government,
1800-1930)

Professor R J Morris
(Making of the British middle class / Civil society / Comparative urban
history)

Dr Stana Nenadic
(Scottish social history, 1660-1870 / Material culture / The history of
heritage)

Dr M R Palairet
(Economic history of modern Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Greece / Hyperinflation)

Dr John Ward
(Economic history of Latin America and India)

Dr Nuala Zahedieh
(Economy and society of colonial British North America and the West Indies)

Required Courses in Economic History
	
*  Archives and Sources

*  Computing for Historians

*  Economic and Social Theory for Historical Analysis

Offered Courses in Economic History
	
*  Medieval and Early Modern Britain

*  Britain and the West Indies, 1624-1865

*  Art, Society and Social Change in Scotland, 1680-1830

*  The East European Economy since 1725

*  Urban Society and Civil Society in Britain since 1688

*  Western Family and Demographic History, 1850-1939

*  Government and Economy in Twentieth-Century Britain

Seminar Series

The Department of Economic and Social History runs a fortnightly seminar
through the first and second terms of the academic year.  In addition, there are
weekly seminars in the Department of History and the Department of Scottish 
History, and a fortnightly seminar in the Department of Economics.

General Department Information

The Department of Economic and Social History

Edinburgh maintains one of only four specialised Departments of Economic
and Social History in Britain.  With thirteen full-time members of staff,
the Department is committed to teaching and research in a wide range of
historical periods, from the early middle ages to the present day, and
across a broad spectrum of the geographical regions, from Western Europe to
Latin America.  Since its inception, it has been acknowledged as a leader
in all aspects of the field.  Over the last decade, this reputation has
been formally recognised by a 5-rating in both of the Research Assessment
Exercises and an 'excellent' classification in successive Teaching Quality
Assessments.

Research Resources

The Edinburgh University Library is home to a large collection of rare
manuscripts and early printed books which has been growing steadily since
the late sixteenth century.  Owing to copyright status between 1710 and
1837 it also contains comprehensive holdings of eighteenth and early
nineteenth century works, and remains one of the largest University
Libraries in Britain.  The National Library of Scotland is one of Britain's
five copyright libraries today.  It developed from the Advocates Library,
founded in 1680, and is home to a vast archive of rare manuscripts and
printed works.  The National Archives of Scotland and the Office of the
Registrar General for Scotland are both located in Edinburgh, and together
with the City Library and the Library of the Scottish Society of
Antiquaries they also provide rich repositories of local and national
materials for research.  In addition, a number of significant databases
have been built up within the Department for the use of postgraduate
students.  They include a large sample from the British census returns of
1851, Scottish demographic databases for the period 1755-1914, records of
early modern Anglo-European trade, Russian industrial statistics,
1867-1928, and economic and social data from the Balkans for the nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries.

Teaching

The Department of Economic and Social History is in the Faculty of Social
Sciences and it maintains close links with other departments in providing
both training and optional courses specific to students' particular needs.
Thus, teaching and supervision is frequently undertaken jointly with
colleagues in Anthropology, Business Studies, Economics, Politics, Social
Policy and Sociology.  In addition, the Department is part of a new
multi-faculty School of History, which also includes the departments of
History, Scottish History and Fine Art together with the Ecclesiastical
History section in the School of Divinity.

Links

University website: http://www.ed.ac.uk

Department of Economic and Social History website: http://www.esh.ed.ac.uk

School of Social and Political Sciences website: http://www.ssc.ed.ac.uk

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