Dr Judith Spicksley Lecturer Judith.Spicksley@hull.ac.uk Faculty and Department Institutes Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Related groups Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Biography Outputs Research/PhD Summary Judith Spicksley began her research career in early modern English economic and social history, where she focused on the credit activities of never-married women. She moved to concentrate on the history of slavery in 2007, looking at the history of enslavement for debt. From 2010-17 she taught the economic history of Britain and Europe at the University of York before returning to the University of Hull to take up a position in the Wilberforce Institute. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the Economic History Society. Judith's current focus of research is a reevaluation of the institution of slavery in the long run. Recent outputs View more outputs Book Chapter Spinsters with land in early modern England: inheritance, possession and use Spicksley, J. (2019). Spinsters with land in early modern England: inheritance, possession and use. In A. L. Capern, B. McDonagh, & J. Aston (Eds.), Women and the Land 1500-1900 (51-76). Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787445208.003 Never-married women and credit in early modern England Spicksley, J. M. (2018). Never-married women and credit in early modern England. In Women and credit in pre-industrial Europe (227-252). Brepols Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1484/m.eer-eb.5.115755 Sexe, esclavage et biopolitique: approche compar‚e Spicksley, J., & Richardson, D. (2015). Sexe, esclavage et biopolitique: approche comparée. In M. Spensky (Ed.), Le contrôle du corps des femmes dans les Empires coloniaux: Empires, genre et biopolitiques (81-106). Paris: Karthala Other Slavery and student debt Spicksley, J. (2016). Slavery and student debt. York Single women and credit – what you didn't know about interest Spicksley, J. (2015). Single women and credit – what you didn’t know about interest Research interests Early modern women's economic and social history; the history of slavery in the long run. Project Funder Grant Started Status Project Redrawing slavery: debt, law, and the market in the process of enslavement Funder The Leverhulme Trust Grant £50,000.00 Started 1 January 2018 Status Complete Postgraduate supervision Judith welcomes applications from students interested in historical forms of enslavement, and in all forms of debt-related bondage in the early modern period. Similar profiles Professor Trevor Burnard Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Andrew Smith Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation Cristina Talens Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation