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17. Juni 2025 / News, Events

The Plumbing of Empire: Corey Ross at DAI Freiburg

On May 8, 2025, Corey Ross gave a lecture at the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Freiburg. In his talk titled "The Plumbing of Empire. Urban Waterworks in the Colonial World – and After", he examined how colonial powers built and maintained…

18. Okt. 2024 / News, Forschung, Events

Lecture Series: "European Global Studies: Focus the Anthropocene"

European Global Studies: Focus the Anthropocene" is the title of this year's lecture series at the Institute for European Global Studies, organized by Corey Ross as part of the MA program in European Global Studies. The lecture series will…

08. Okt. 2024 / News, Forschung

Presentation by Corey Ross at the University of Bern

Corey Ross gave a presentation titled "Currents of Empire: Reflections on Hydroelectricity in Europe’s Colonies" on 27 September 2024 at the University of Bern. His presentation was part of the workshop "Critical Perspectives on the Alpine…

18. Sept. 2024 / News, Forschung, Weitere

Presentation By Corey Ross at the University of Bern

How has the transfer of living organisms around the globe shaped agrarian societies, terrestrial environments and, more specifically, the underwater world of the past? Corey Ross addressed these questions in his talk «Aquatic Émigrés:…

09. Juli 2024 / News, Forschung, People

New Book by Corey Ross

How have the waters of the colonial world shaped the age of empire? This is the topic of a new monograph by Corey Ross. The book entitled “Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World” offers a fresh account of European Imperialism…

17. Juni 2024 / News, Forschung, People

Corey Ross Gave a Presentation at University of Tübingen

Corey Ross has given a guest lecture entitled “The Political Ecology of Urban Water in the Colonial World” at the University of Tübingen. The invited talk focused on his research on water and power in the age of empire, and took place on 3…

17. Juni 2024 / News, Forschung, People

New Publication by Corey Ross on Commodity History and Environmental Change

Corey Ross has published a chapter entitled “Commodities, Trade, and Ecological Transformation in the Modern World” in the Oxford Handbook of Commodity History, which appeared in early 2024 with Oxford University Press.

08. März 2024 / News, Events, People

Prof. Dr. Corey Ross delivered his Inaugural Lecture

Prof. Dr. Corey Ross, Director of the Institute for European Global Studies and Professor of European Global Studies, delivered his inaugural lecture on 5 March 2024 at the Natural History Museum Basel. Titled "Water and Power in the Age of…

29. Feb. 2024 / News, Forschung, People

Vortrag von Corey Ross an der Universität Giessen

Corey Ross hielt im Rahmen der Konferenz „Die Welt als Zentrum und Peripherie: 50 Jahre nach Wallerstein“ einen Vortrag mit dem Titel „Die Natur der Peripheralisierung: Umwelt und Arbeit in Südostasien“. Die Veranstaltung fand im Februar…

13. Nov. 2023 / News, Events

Öffentlicher Vortrag mit Prof. Dr. Corey Ross

Im Anschluss an die Mitgliederversammlung des Förder- und Alumnivereins am 2. November 2023 begrüsste Vereinspräsident Christian Egeler Vereinsmitglieder, Studierende und Mitarbeitende des Europainstituts sowie weitere Interessierte zu…