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| Ian Blanchard, BSc (Econ), PhD, FSAS |
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Position
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Honorary Fellow & Professor Emeritus in Economic and Social History |
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Outline Biography
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Twice a graduate of the London School of Economics (BSc Econ, 1963; PhD, 1967), Professor Blanchard was Assistant Lecurer in the then department of Economic and Social History at the University of Edinburgh in 1965. In 1967, he was appointed to a full lectureship, and was thereafter promoted to Senior Lecturer (1989) and Reader (1991), In 1995, he was appointed Professor of Medieval Economic History. He was Directeur d'études invité (1985) and Professeur invité (1996) at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (ex-VIe Section de l' Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Paris, and since 1994 has been a 'Recurrent' Professor at the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. |
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Research Interests
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Professor Blanchard's research deals with Medieval and Early Modern International Economic History, and especially Russian Economic History since 1700. He is currently involved, with financial support from the British Academy and the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, in a joint research project with members of Medieval Studies, CEU, Budapest on the Economic History of Medieval Central Europe. |
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Honours Courses
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- Russia since 1985. A 'Transition' Economy?
- Golden Khersonese: Polity, Society and Economy in South-east Asia prior to 1570
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Contact us
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School of History, Classics and Archaeology
The University of Edinburgh
William Robertson Building
50 George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JY
Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 6693
Fax: +44 (0) 131 651 3070
E-mail: shc@ed.ac.uk
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