Wednesday 16:00-16:30 Laurie Taylor discusses the latest social science research.
12 November 2008 repeat 16 Nov
WOMEN AND DOMESTICITY Amanda Vickery, Reader in Modern British Women’s History at Royal Holloway University of London will be giving the 2008 HarperCollins History Lecture. Her talk called Out of the Closet – Love, Power and Houses explores the homes of men and women from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the Great Reform Act of 1832. Amanda discusses domestic visitors and the development of taste.
CORRUPTION Professor Raymond Fisman is a business economist whose research focuses on corruption and its impact on development. In his latest book Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence and the Poverty of Nations, Professor Fisman describes his new approach to the detection and eradication of corruption.
Additional information:
Amanda Vickery Reader in Modern British Women's History at Royal Holloway, University of London
Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence and the Poverty of Nations Raymond Fisman, Edward Miguel Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN-10: 0691134545 ISBN-13: 978-0691134543
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