#  CES: tomorrow is Today's Uncertainty: Speculating on Futures in Early Modern Europe 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **February 17, 2016** 

 12:15PM - 01:45PM EST 

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 **Adolphus Busch Hall, Hoffmann Room**  



 

 



 

Zabel will examine speculation as a theological and philosophical concept in the 16th-18th centuries and will investigate the gradual emergence of speculation as an economic and financial tool. By looking at the development of the modern concept of risk as a means of calculating and controlling economic uncertainty, she will explore cases of failed speculation in financial capitals, such as Amsterdam, Boston, London and Paris.[Christine Zabel](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/profile/czabel) Visiting Scholar, CESSponsors: [Visiting Scholars Seminar: New Research on Europe](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/studygroups/vs_seminar/)Contact: Arthur Goldhammer, <art.goldhammer@gmail.com>

 

 



 

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