The Historical Association: Professor Emma Griffin, ‘The British Industrial Revolution and the Making of the Modern World’

Professor Emma Griffin gives an evening lecture for the Historical Association examining historians’ long fascination with the emergence of modernity. The talk asks why the West, and Britain in particular, experienced a transition to modern economic growth around the end of the eighteenth century, and what this shift can tell us about the making of the modern industrialised world.

Using comparative evidence from Britain, France and the United States, the lecture places workers at the centre of the discussion and explores the role of culture in economic change. It is presented as a branch event in London and is open to members, students and visitors, with no advance booking required, although Eventbrite bookings can be used to access a post-event recording.