Exploring Legal & Business History
I am currently a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in the Department of History where I research the history of law, moral economies and business.
New Research and Presentations
Paper: A New Politics? Discovering Parliamentary Corruption in Early Stuart England
How did suspicion of faction and the polarization of representative institutions develop in early modern England? This paper joins others on corruption at the upcoming conference, "Corruption and Scandal in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800," at the IHR in London.
Paper: Visualizing Trans-Imperial Dark Markets
Discover the (Il)licit trade of the Isle of Man and its global networks at the 4th Legal Histories of Empire Conference, Toronto, Canada, July 10-12, 2025
Paper: Spirituality, Responsible Business and Reimagining the Mid-Century American Corporation
Looking forward to presenting at the upcoming Business History Conference on the history of the Federal Council of Churches and the origins of Howard Bowen's the Social Responsibilities of the Businessman.
The Intellectual History of Milton Friedman's Criticism of Corporate Social Responsibility
My article on the intellectual origins of Milton Friedman's famous criticism of corporate social responsibility and monopoly is now available at Modern Intellectual History
Smuggling Database
Explore the early modern smugglers' world and visit my new database on smuggling prosecutions