Department of History
Subject: The London Pleasure Fairs in the first half of the Nineteenth Century
Supervisor: Professor Dror Wahrman and Professor Moshe Sluhovsky
Abstract: My PhD thesis examines the role of the London Pleasure Fairs in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century. This was an especially important period in their long history that marked both new developments in the nature of the Fairs as well as the disappearance of most of the long established Fairs.
My thesis will suggest the Fairs were integral to the formation of the city's life and culture and the practices created and established within them held much bigger social and cultural impact than was assumed by scholars so far. Indeed I argue that understanding the changing nature of the Fairs, their decline and the rise of new cultural institutions that took on some of their roles and practices, is crucial to understanding the cultural, political and social changes in the period.
Presidential Stipend 2013/14