Dr Helen Paul MA Oxon, MLitt (St Andrews), PhD (St Andrews), FRHistS, FRSA
Lecturer in Economics and Economic History, Departmental Admissions Officer
Dr Helen Paul is a lecturer in Economics and Economic History and is particularly interested in early modern economic history: the Financial Revolution; Atlantic history; the South Sea Bubble, and the Navy’s role within the economy.
I am an economic historian and studied at Oxford and St Andrews. My PhD thesis concerned the South Sea Company and the financial bubble of 1720. My doctoral studies were funded by the ESRC and I then gained an ESRC research fellowship as a postdoc. My primary interest is in the early modern period from the late 17th to early 18th centuries. My research concerns the Financial Revolution; early joint-stock companies; the Triangular Trade including the slave trade, and Atlantic history.
If you are interested in hearing more about my research, please click on the following links:
BBC Radio 4 In Our Time
BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking
The Fable of the Bees: Mandeville’s View of 18th Century Economics
Contributor to:
The First Georgians: The German Kings who made Britain
BBC Four. Episode 1. Presenter - Lucy Worsley.
Invited Public Lecture:
Gresham College Lecture
Economic History Society podcast for schools
The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Bristol and Liverpool
The South Sea Bubble of 1720: a famous financial crash
Prospective applicants for ESRC funding for doctoral studies in economic and social history, please contact me or the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership.