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BEFORE THE DOCKS - LONDON RIVER AND PORT IN THE 18TH CENTURY
DOCKLANDS HISTORY GROUP FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - SATURDAY 7 thMAY 2016
MUSEUM OF LONDON DOCKLANDS
No. 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, Canary Wharf, London E14 4AL
BOOKINGS – please contact DHG website for details: www.docklandshistorygroup.org.uk
Programme
AM 9.45 Museum of London Docklands’ doors open; registration, coffee and tea
10.30 Chris Ellmers –Welcome and Opening Remarks
10.35 First Session:Session Chairman – Pieter van der Merwe
10.40 Paper 1: Professor Sarah Palmer –London River and the Sea
11.10 Paper 2: Professor Markman Ellis – Picturing the Port
11.40 Paper 3: Chris Ellmers –On the Waterfront: Working the 18th Century Port
12.10 Paper 4: Jenny Collett –From Tyne to Thames: The Life of an 18th Century
Merchant
PM 12.40-2.00 Lunch– This is not provided but local cafe details will be provided
2.00 Second Session:Session Chairman – Derek Morris
2.00 Paper 5: Dr. Margaret Makepeace –The London World of the East India Company
2.30 Paper 6: Dr. Alexi Baker – Scientific Instrument Making in the Port
3.00 Paper 7: Dr. Nuala Zahedieh – Hidden from View: London and the Slave Trade
3.30-4.00 Coffee/tea
4.00 Third Session: Session Chairman – Pieter van der Merwe
4.00 Paper 8: Dr. Margarette Lincoln –Women and Crime in the Riverside Parishes
4.30 Paper 9: Alex Werner – The Merchant Trader, 'Ann': In Port and Beyond, 1794-
1796
5.00 Questions and Answers
5.15 Edwards Sargent – Concluding Remarks
5.30 Closure