Outputs

Academic Publications

S. Snelders, ‘Drugsgebruik, exces en criminaliteit: Een historisch perspectief’, Tijdschrift over Cultuur & Criminaliteit 1 (2020).
P. Withington, ‘Journal of a Plague Year’, The Lancet 395 (2020): 1754–5.
S. Snelders, ‘Intoxicants and Intoxication on the Western Front, 1914–18’, in L. Van Bergen & E. Vermetten (eds), The First World War and Health: Rethinking Resilience (Leiden, 2020), pp. 71–92.
P. Withington, ‘Where Was the Coffee in Early Modern England?’, The Journal of Modern History 92 (2020): 40–75.
P. Withington, ‘Intoxicants and the Invention of ‘Consumption”, The Economic History Review 73 (2020): 384–408.
L. Müller, ‘Svenska ostindiska kompaniet och den europeiska marknaden för te’, Sverige och svenskarna i den ostindiska handeln 2: Strategier, sammanhang och situationer (Stockholm, 2019), pp. 237–61.

Public History, Interviews, and Press

31 December 2020: ‘Vom Siegeszug des Kaffees’, University of Oldenburg.
18 November 2020: J. Brown, Interview, ‘The Global Exchange of Medicine and Disease’, Sick to Death: A History of Medicine in 10 Objects.
10 November 2020: J. Brown, ‘Tweeting Renaissance Research’, Society for Renaissance Studies: Public Engagement Toolbox.
13 August 2020: P. Withington, ‘The History of Drinking, Intoxication, and Social Spaces’, A Bit Lit.
9 & 10 July 2020: J. Brown, Interview, ‘Local World’, Abbey 104 & Keep 106.
26 June 2020: J. Brown, ‘Coronavirus is Taking English Pubs Back in Time’, The Conversation.
4 June 2020: M. Bridge, ‘Coffee House Patrons of Old Preferred Stronger Stuff’, and leading article, ‘Grounds for Debate’, The Times.
29 May 2020: P. Withington, ‘Public and Private Pleasures’, History Today.
30 November 2019: T. Hysky, ‘Projekt ‘Intoxicating Spaces’. Als Kaffee und Zucker noch Rauschmittel waren’, Nordwest-Zeitung Online.
17 October 2020: D. R. Urbaschek, ‘Hoe veranderde Nederland door de komst van koffie?’, DUB.
25 September 2019: P. Withington, Discussant, ‘Addicted’, BBC Radio 4.
28 July 2019: S. Snelders, ‘Hoe kijken we over honderd jaar naar de strijd tegen drugs?’, Het Parool.
7 July 2019: S. Snelders, Discussant, ‘Drugs’, Radio Swammerdam.
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Papers, Presentations, and Talks

15 December 2020: J. Brown, ‘Intoxicants and the Psychological Impact of Plague in Early Modern London’, Department of History Research Seminar (University of Sheffield).
10 June 2020: P. Withington, ‘Pre-Modern Citizenship: An Ancient Concept for the Modern World?’, Department of Urban Studies and Planning Seminar Series (University of Sheffield).
11 February 2020: S. Snelders, ‘The Normalisation of Drugs: A Historical Perspective’, Invited Lecture (Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam).
8 February 2020: P. Withington, ‘Tobacco and Playhouses in Renaissance London: New Intoxicants, New Pleasures’, Conference Paper, Cultures of Intoxication: Contextualising Alcohol and Drug Use, Past and Present (University College Dublin).
8 February 2020: S. Snelders, ‘The Introduction of New Intoxicants and the Problem of Excess: Tea and Tobacco in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic’, Conference Paper, Cultures of Intoxication: Contextualising Alcohol and Drug Use, Past and Present (University College Dublin).
6 February 2020: P. Withington, ‘Tobacco and Playhouses in Renaissance London: New Intoxicants, New Pleasures’, Workshop Paper, Pleasurescapes: Transnational Forces of Integration in European Cities (Erasmus University Rotterdam).
19 December 2019: J. Brown, ‘Intoxicating Spaces: The Impact of New Intoxicants on Urban Spaces in Europe, 1600–1850’, Seminar Paper, Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies Seminar (University of Sheffield).
9 December 2019: T. Pieters, ‘Morpheus Gatekeepers: The Blessing and Burden of Doctors’ and Pharmacists’ Role as Narcotic Distributors’, Workshop Paper, Beyond the Medicines/Drugs Dichotomy: Historical Perspectives on Good and Evil (University of Johannesburg).
9 December 2019: P. Withington, ‘New Intoxicants and Early Modern Medical Practice’, Workshop Paper, Beyond the Medicines/Drugs Dichotomy: Historical Perspectives on Good and Evil (University of Johannesburg).
21 November 2019: P. Withington, ‘Slavery and Practical Humanism’, Seminar Paper, Medieval and Early Modern Studies Seminar (University of Chicago).
15 November 2019: P. Withington, ‘The Invention of Addiction’, Conference Paper, North American Conference of British Studies (University of Vancouver).
7 November 2019: P. Withington, ‘The Power of Company’, Workshop Paper, The Edge of Politics (University of Lille).
26–27 October 2019: P. Withington, ‘Embodied Fictions’, Conference Paper, Façade Truths in Tokugawa Japan and Beyond (Yale University).
19–21 September 2019: P. Withington, ‘Urban Citizens’, Workshop Paper, Political Personhood in the Early Modern British World Before 1800 (Folger Shakespeare Library).
4 July 2019: P. Withington, ‘The Power of Sociability’, Keynote Lecture, Sociability in Early Modern Europe (University of Birmingham).