Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society
Research Seminars
The Center's Research Seminar on the second Thursday night of the month during the academic year. The audience is drawn widely from Hagley's membership, scholars and researchers, students in the Mid-Atlantic area, and the general public. Papers are circulated in advance. An informal reception at 6 p.m. precedes the commentary and discussion at 6:30 p.m. The seminar is held in the Copeland Room, Hagley Library. sTo be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers (or paper), contact Carol Ressler Lockman, clockman@hagley.org.
Scheduled Seminars for 2008
Sept. 18: Research seminar paper by Janice Traflet (Bucknell University), “Courting Women Stockholders: Brokers' Marketing Practices in the 1950s and 1960s and the Democratization of the Stock Market." Copeland Room, Hagley Library, 6 pm.
Oct. 23: Research seminar paper by Mansel Blackford (Ohio State University), "Fishing and Over Fishing, 1976-2006: American Experiences in Global Perspective." Copeland Room, Hagley Library, 6 pm.