Agriculture, economy and society in early modern Scotland

The day conference, ‘Agriculture, Economy, and Society  in Early Modern Scotland’, will examine the economic, social and cultural experiences of life in agrarian Scotland, c. 1500-1750, and will lead to the project’s second book – an edited collection of essays.

The day will be convened by Professor T. C. Smout, Historiographer Royal in Scotland, with closing remarks and a final discussion hosted by Professor R. A. Houston.

The day delegate rate is £30/£20 concessions. Places are limited and registration is now open! Please register at the link below.

Programme:

0900-0930: Registration and Tea and Coffee

0930-0945: Welcome by Convener, Professor T. C. Smout (University of St Andrews)

0945-1020: Norah Carlin (formerly Middlesex University), ‘Rents, Dues and Agriculture in a Midlothian Barony, 1587-1589’

1020-1055: Professor R. W. Hoyle (University of Reading), ‘A Tale of Two Countries and One Sea: The North Sea Grain Trade, c.1550-c.1750′

1055-1120: Tea and Coffee Break

1120-1155: Brian Smith (Shetland Archives), ‘”God Knowis my Sleipis ar Short and Unsound”: Andro Smyth’s Collection of Rent, Tax and Tithe in Shetland, c.1640′

1155-1230: Dr Philipp Roessner (University of Manchester), ‘Capitalism’s Cradle: Ideas, Policies and the Rise of the Scottish Economy in the Mercantilist Age, 1600-1850’

1230-1355: Lunch (own arrangements)

1355-1430: Dr Julian Goodare (University of Edinburgh), ‘Imagining Scottish Agriculture Before the Improvers’

1430-1505: Professor T. C. Smout (University of St Andrews), ‘What Were the Fiars Prices Used For?’

1505-1540: Dr Gains Murdoch (University of Aberdeen), ‘Agriculture and Banking in Early Eighteenth-Century Scotland’

1540-1600: Tea and Coffee Break

1600-1630: Closing remarks from Professor R. A. Houston (University of St Andrews) and final discussion