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16. Dez. 2025 / News, Events, People

Exploring Commodity Trade and the Anthropocene: Corey Ross at Forum Basiliense

Corey Ross gave a presentation titled “Time, Space, and Specialization: Commodity Trade and the Anthropocene” as part of the “Forum Basiliense” lecture series on 2 December 2025. In his talk, he provided insights into how global commodity…

16. Dez. 2025 / News, Events, People

Corey Ross Gave a Lecture at the Leipzig Research Center Global Dynamics

On 29 October 2025, Corey Ross presented a lecture based on the central themes and arguments of his book "Liquid Empire" to an interdisciplinary audience of scholars and students interested in the nature of global connections and the…

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…