ILCR – Events

To mark the end of the semester, the ILCR is delighted to invite you to a talk by Dr Malcolm Petrie (University of St Andrews), who will be speaking on: 'Conservative Political Thought and the Anglo-Scottish Union at the Close of the Twentieth Century.' The talk will take place on Tuesday 2nd December, from 5.15… Read More »End of Semester Lecture with Dr Malcolm Petrie

Please join us on Thursday 6th November for a talk by Dr Gamze Yavuzer Eper from the University of St Andrews, who will be speaking on legal pluralism in the early modern Ottoman Empire. This promises to be a fascinating exploration of law and governance in a richly complex historical context We’ll begin with lunch… Read More »Research Lunch with Dr. Gamze Yavuzer Eper

Professor Firnhaber-Baker's research interests encompass legal, political and institutional history. She has published widely on medieval lordship, women and gender, and power, especially with reference to later medieval France. Publications include Violence and the State in Languedoc, c. 1250-1400 (Cambridge, 2014) and The Jacquerie of 1358: A French Peasant’s Revolt (Oxford, 2021) as well as her new, critically acclaimed book House of Lillies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France