#  Learning to Talk Shop: Mercantile Mischief and Popular Pedagogy in Premodern England (Book Talk) 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 17, 2026** 

 05:00PM - 06:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Robinson Hall, Lower Library, Harvard Yard**  



 

 



 

Speaker: **Susan Phillips** (Northwestern University)

Sponsors: English Medieval Colloquium, the Medieval History Graduate Workshop, the English Renaissance Colloquium, the Committee on Medieval Studies, the Department of English, and the Department of History, all Harvard University

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**Susan Phillips** (Northwestern University) discusses her new book *Learning to Talk Shop: Mercantile Mischief and Popular Pedagogy in Premodern England* (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025).



 

 



 

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