The Global History of Capitalism
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Wrap up and reflection part 2
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Clavin (Professor of International History, Oxford) gives a lecture on history and public policy. Part of Panel 6 (wrap up reflection): Histo...
Wrap up reflection part 1
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Adelman (Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Princeton) gives a lecture on history and public policy. Part of Panel 6 (wrap up reflection)...
Strange Legacies of Divergence: The Chinese Gold Mining Diaspora 1850-1910
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mae Ngai (Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History, Columbia) gives a lecture on ‘Strange Legacies of Divergence: ...
Divisions of Labour: the Household and the Economy
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Hill (Northumbria) gives a lecture on ‘Divisions of Labour: the Household and the Economy’.
Household, Wage Labour and Capitalist Transformations in 20th Century Africa
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andreas Eckert (Professor of African History, Humboldt-University Berlin) gives a lecture on ‘Household, Wage Labour and Capitalist Transformations ...
China and the West: Many Great Divergences
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Mokyr (Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern) gives a lecture on ‘China and the West: Many Great Divergences’. Part ...
Silk and Innovation in Pre-modern China and Europe
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dagmar Schafer (Director, Max Planck Institute) and Giorgio Riello (Professor of Early Modern Global History, EUI) give a lecture on ‘Silk and Innov...
Cosmographical Foundations for the Promotion of Embryo Sciences and Proto- technologies in Pre-industrial Europe and Late Imperial China
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick O’Brien (Professor of Economic History in the Department of Economic History, LSE) gives a lecture on ‘Cosmographical Foundations for the ...
The Great Intellectual Divergence: Alexander Hamilton and the Global Origins of Environmental Investmentality
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eli Cook (Assistant Professor of American History, Haifa) gives a lecture on ‘The Great Intellectual Divergence: Alexander Hamilton and the Global O...
The Great Acceleration in Asia: Beyond 'Coal and North America'
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kaoru Sugihara (Specially Appointed Professor at the Research Institute for Humanities and Nature, Kyoto) gives a lecture on ‘The Great Acceleration...
Asia and the Great Divergence
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bishnu Gupta (Professor of Economics, Warwick) gives a lecture on ‘Asia and the Great Divergence’. Part of Panel 2: The Great Divergence: Timing a...
Water and the Economic History of India
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tirthankar Roy (Professor in Economic History, Department of Economic History, LSE) gives a lecture on ‘Water and the Economic History of India’. ...
Industry in the Global South, 1840s-1940s: Unfinished Business
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
William Clarence-Smith (Emeritus Professor of History, SOAS) gives a lecture on ‘Industry in the Global South, 1840s-1940s: Unfinished Business’. ...
Did the Little Divergence within Europe and America contribute to the Great Divergence?
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Leandro Prados de la Escosura (Professor of Economic History, Carlos III University, Madrid) gives a lecture on ‘Did the Little Divergence within Eu...
The Limits of Reciprocal Comparisons: Money and Trade Finance in the Early Modern Period
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alejandra Irigoin (Associate Professor in the Department of Economic History, LSE) gives a lecture on ‘The Limits of Reciprocal Comparisons: Money a...
Did the Little Divergence within Europe and America contribute to the Great Divergence?
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Leandro Prados de la Escosura (Professor of Economic History, Carlos III University, Madrid) gives a lecture on ‘Did the Little Divergence within Eu...
The World Historical in China’s Twentieth Century: Perspectives on Modernity, Globalization and Globality
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Karl (Professor of History, NYU) gives a lecture on ‘The World Historical in China’s Twentieth Century: Perspectives on Modernity, Globali...
The Spaces In Between: What is Global about the History of Capitalism?
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Edwards (Career Development Fellow for the Global History of Capitalism project, Oxford) gives a lecture on ‘The Spaces in Between: What is G...