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WIGH Seminar: Sebastian Schmidt, "Global History of Global Cities"

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"Global History of Global Cities" Sebastian Schmidt, Fellow, WIGH; PhD, History, Theory & Criticism of Architecture and Art, MIT Commentator: Eve Blau, Adjunct Professor of the History and Theory of Urban Form and Design, Harvard University Graduate...

(Zoom Event) Global History, Globally Seminar: Radhika Singha (Delhi)

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"Recruiting' Primitives': From Frontier Work to Global War, India 1911-1921" Radhika Singha, Professor of History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Comment: Babacar Fall, UCAD, Senegal Alexander Geelen, PhD Researcher, IISH The six members of the Global...

Weatherhead: Global Fellows’ Presentations

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Global Fellows’ Presentation: Exile as Imperial Practice. Penal transportation in Western Siberia, 1870-1900 Zhanna Popova, WIGH Global Fellow; PhD Candidate in History, International Institute of Social History and the University of Amsterdam, the...

Closing Roundtable: What is the "Global" in Global Political Thought?

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In this closing roundtable, Professors Shruti Kapila (University of Cambridge) and David Armitage (Harvard University) return with Professor Joshua Simon (Johns Hopkins University) to explore what the "global" is, could be, and perhaps should be, in the...

Globalizing the History of Capitalism: A Roundtable

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"Slavery’s Capitalism beyond the Nation-State: Trans-imperial business operations and the plantation complex" Pepijn Brandon , Associate Professor of History, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam How can we write the history of capitalism beyond the framework of...

History of Global Capitalism Seminar: Toby Green, "Africa and the Global History of Capitalism: Repairing a History of Omission"

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"Africa and the Global History of Capitalism: Repairing a History of Omission" Toby Green, Senior Lecturer in Lusophone African History and Culture, Kings College London Graduate Student Commentator: Oliver Lazarus, PhD Candidate, History of Science...

Global History Seminar: "Nations Ascendant: The Global Struggle Against Empire and the Making of Our World"

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"Nations Ascendant: The Global Struggle Against Empire and the Making of Our World " Zaib Aziz, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History; Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of South Florida, Tampa Comments...

(Zoom Event) Global History, Globally Seminar: Mamoudou Sy (Senegal)

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"Policing the Railways: Peanut Trade and Social Mobility Alongside the Corridor Dakar-Saint Louis, 1885-1907" Mamoudou Sy, Université du Sine Saloum El Hadji Ibrahima Niass de Kaolack, Kaffrine, Senegal Comment: Nicole Bianchi, PhD Candidate in History...

WIGH Conference: "Soccer as a Global Phenomenon"

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SOCCER AS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON Harvard University April 14 th, 15 th, & 16 th, 2016 Soccer is the most global of games and one of the most vigorous engines of the process commonly known, celebrated, or feared as globalization. Beyond its immense popularity...

Symposium on Global American Studies

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featuring "Monetary Authorities: Economic Policy and Policing in the American Colonial Philippines," by Allan Lumba, and "Warring Subjects: Gender, Liberalism, and U.S. Global Counterinsurgency," by Elizabeth Mesok. Lumba and Mesok are this year's...

History of Global Capitalism Seminar: Lamine Faye, "Warfare and Political Construction in West Africa: Global Issues and Dynamics."

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"Warfare and Political Construction in West Africa: Global Issues and Dynamics." Lamine Faye, Assistant Professor of History, Cheikh Anta Diop University. Commentators: Itai Segre, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University Carlo Taviani, University of...

WIGH Seminar: "Global Capital or a Global History of Capital? Transoceanic Flows, Forced Labour and Mercantile Institutions during the Age of Revolutions"

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Topic: "Global Capital or a Global History of Capital? Transoceanic Flows, Forced Labour and Mercantile Institutions during the Age of Revolutions" Speaker: Jesus Bohorquez, WIGH Fellow; European University Institute, Italy. Commentator: Sidney Chalhoub...