Catherine Hill

I am a second-year graduate student interested in transnational business and interaction in early 19th-century Europe. My research interests include investigating how modernization and industrialization both contradicted and complemented identity, social status, and lived experience. My MA project focuses on the Cockerill family and their business networks across Britain, France, and Belgium. Bringing in the Belgian context and interactions with Britain and France during the early 19th century challenges a national industrial framework and furthers the necessity of a transnational approach when analyzing Western European economic developments. I am particularly interested in further exploring the puzzle of strong transnational business models during the rise of nationalism in politics. 

Advisors: Dr. Pernille Røge and Dr. Gregor Thum