BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news2505@europa.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240427T232312 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240527T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop "Writing the Global History of Capitalism" with Prof. Sven Beckert (Harvard University) DESCRIPTION:Over the last 10-15 years\, the "new history of capitalism" has been one of the most lively fields of debate within the discipline\, one that spans different epochs and ranges across economic\, political\, cultu ral\, social and global history. The workshop is designed as an opportunit y to discuss major issues and new directions in the global historiography of capitalism with one of its foremost practitioners.   \\r\\nThe works hop will be based on Prof. Beckert’s current book project\, which is a w ide-ranging reinterpretation of the history of capitalism over the last mi llennium. In preparation\, participants are asked to read two chapter-leng th excerpts from his forthcoming book\, which will be circulated two weeks in advance. \\r\\nPlease register by 13 May via this link [https://us9 .list-manage.com/survey?u=7a22561ae4b1c3b2b52cf292b&id=5d57dd5426&attribut ion=false]. Further information\, including the book excerpts\, will be c irculated among participants in due course.\\r\\nSven Beckert [https://his tory.fas.harvard.edu/people/sven-beckert] researches and teaches the histo ry of the United States in the nineteenth century\, with a particular emph asis on the history of capitalism\, including its economic\, social\, poli tical and transnational dimensions. He just published Empire of Cotton: A Global History [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375414142?keywords=Sven %20Beckert&qid=1444934506&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1]\, the first global history o f the nineteenth century’s most important commodity. The book won the Ba ncroft Award\, The Philip Taft Award\, the Cundill Recognition for Excelle nce and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times named it one of the ten most important books of 2015. His other publications hav e focused on the nineteenth-century bourgeoisie\, on labor\, on democracy\ , on global history and on the connections between slavery and capitalism. Currently\, he is at work on a history of capitalism. Beckert teaches cou rses on the political economy of modern capitalism\, the history of Americ an capitalism\, Gilded Age America\, labor history\, global capitalism and the history of European capitalism. Together with a group of students he has also worked on the historical connections between Harvard and slavery and published Harvard and Slavery: Seeking a Forgotten History [http://ww w.harvardandslavery.com/about/]. X-ALT-DESC:

Over the last 10-15 years\, the "new history of capitalism" h as been one of the most lively fields of debate within the discipline\, on e that spans different epochs and ranges across economic\, political\, cul tural\, social and global history. The workshop is designed as an opportun ity to discuss major issues and new directions in the global historiograph y of capitalism with one of its foremost practitioners. \; \;  \;

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The workshop will be based on Prof. Beckert’s current book pr oject\, which is a wide-ranging reinterpretation of the history of capital ism over the last millennium. In preparation\, participants are asked to r ead two chapter-length excerpts from his forthcoming book\, which will be circulated two weeks in advance. \;

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Please register&nb sp\;by 13 May via \;this link . \;Further information\, including the book excerpts\, w ill be circulated among participants in due course.

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Sven Beckert researche s and teaches the history of the United States in the nineteenth century\, with a particular emphasis on the history of capitalism\, including its e conomic\, social\, political and transnational dimensions. He just publish ed \;Empire o f Cotton: A Global History\, the first global history of the nine teenth century’s most important commodity. The book won the Bancroft Awa rd\, The Philip Taft Award\, the Cundill Recognition for Excellence and wa s a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. The \;New York Times&nbs p\;named it one of the ten most important books of 2015. His other publica tions have focused on the nineteenth-century bourgeoisie\, on labor\, on d emocracy\, on global history and on the connections between slavery and ca pitalism. Currently\, he is at work on a history of capitalism. Beckert te aches courses on the political economy of modern capitalism\, the history of American capitalism\, Gilded Age America\, labor history\, global capit alism and the history of European capitalism. Together with a group of stu dents he has also worked on the historical connections between Harvard and slavery and published \;Harvard and Slavery: Seeking a Forgotten History.

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