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Nigel Aston
Nigel Aston is a Research Associate at the University of York and Reader Emeritus in Early Modern History at the University of Leicester. His last book was Enlightened Oxford. The University and the cultural and political life of eighteenth-century Britain and beyond (OUP, 2023).
Courses
An intellectually stimulating survey of Oxford’s history, with an emphasis on economic change. Topics will include: urban origins, economic development before the University, the University’s impact, industrialisation and de-industrialisation.