#  Climate Futures’ Past: Insurance, Cyclones and Weather Knowledge in the Indian Ocean World 

 



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 **November 1, 2021** 

 03:45PM - 05:45PM EDT 

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 **In Person or Zoom (see posting)**  



 

 



 

 “Climate Futures’ Past: Insurance, Cyclones and Weather Knowledge in the Indian Ocean World”  
**Debjani Bhattacharyya**, Associate Professor of History, Drexel University  
  
Student Commentator: [Alexander Geelen](https://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/alexander-geelen), Global Fellow, WIGH; PhD Candidate in History, the International Institute of Social History and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands

 Chairs:  
**Sven Beckert**, *Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH).* Laird Bell Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University. **Charles Maier**, *Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH) (emeritus).* Leverett Saltonstall Research Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.

   
**Harvard/MIT ID holders:**  
Harvard/MIT ID holders are welcome to attend this event in CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge Street, Room K262.

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