Date:
Monday, April 20, 2020, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location:
Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy St, Lower Library, Harvard University
Sponsor: Weatherhead Initiative on Global History
This year’s workshop, led by Sven Beckert and Sophus Reinert, will explore the theme of global capitalism. We have a wide range of papers exploring such issues as the Caribbean origins of modern capitalism, Indian ocean merchant communities, and the connections between inequality and contemporary politics, among many others. All meetings are open to the interested public, and we encourage graduate students to enroll in the seminar (History 2955A/B).
In honor of the recent publication of the English edition of The Ottoman Scientific Heritage by Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, translated by Maryam Patton, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University and the Al-...