Past Events

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16 results

Thomas Piketty, "Capital and Ideology" (Cancelled)
April 6, 2020
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4:30PM - 6:30PM EDT
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Milstein West B, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law Schoolhttps://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674980822
In Person
"Capital and Ideology " Thomas Piketty, Professor of Economics, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris School of Economics Commentators: Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard University; Co-Director...

Black Slavery and World Accumulation: Towards a Global History of Value
March 9, 2020
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EDT
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Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, Lower Library (Conference Room 125)
In Person
"Black Slavery and World Accumulation: Towards a Global History of Value" Tâmis Parron, Research Professor, Department of History, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Graduate Student Commentators: Felipe Alfonso, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard...

Making Tea, Making Empire: Social Reproduction of Workers in Colonial Assam
February 24, 2020
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EST
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Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, Lower Library (Conference Room 125)
In Person
Tithi Bhattacharaya, Professor of South Asian History and the Director of Global Studies at Purdue University, will present at at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Workshop on "Making Tea, Making Empire: Social Reproduction of Workers in...

The Age of Oil and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
February 10, 2020
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EST
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Robinson Hall, Lower Library (Conference Room 125)
In Person
Mandy M. Izadi, WIGH Postdoctoral Fellow and Broadbent Junior Research Fellow in American History, University of Oxford, will present at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Workshop on "The Age of Oil and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma."...

The Future of the History of Capitalism
December 2, 2019
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EST
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Robinson Hall, Lower Library (Conference Room 125)
In Person
Antara Haldar (Law School, Cambridge University) will present at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Workshop on "The Future of the History of Capitalism." Graduate Student Commentator: Yedong Chen, PhD Candidate in East Asian Arts/Film/Cultural...

Capitalism and German Imperialism before World War I: A Reassessment
November 25, 2019
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EST
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Robinson Hall, Lower Library (Conference Room 125)
In Person
Steven Press , (Stanford University) will present at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Workshop on " Capitalism and German Imperialism before World War I: A Reassessment." The precirculated seminar paper is available by request to wigh@fas...

Insurance and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
November 18, 2019
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EST
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Robinson Hall, Lower Library (Conference Room 125)
In Person
Michael Ralph (New York University) will present at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Workshop on " Insurance and the Transatlantic Slave Trade." The precirculated seminar paper is available by request to wigh@fas.harvard.edu.

Urban Activism: Staking Claims in the 21st Century City Graduate Conference
Sep. 12 - Sep 14, 2019
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12:00AM - 12:00AM EDT
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Harvard University, Belfer Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
In Person
Urban Activism: Staking Claims in the 21st Century City This conference emerges from the shared need to create a collective discourse on how critical urban research and urban political activism are increasingly converging and creating a common field of...

Labour in History & Economics Conference
Apr. 15 - Apr 16, 2019
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12:00AM - 12:00AM EDT
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All Souls College, Oxford
In Person
The Labour in History & Economics Conference is an interdisciplinary meeting of labour historians, economic historians, and labour economists focused on discussions of migration, labour markets, and the work environment. Recent developments in all three...