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Michael Goebel @mgoebel.bsky.social · 8h

A corrected version of our colloquium program @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social , with an additional talk by Sven Beckert on Nov 5: Capitalism: A Global History

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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, this is so exciting! Thank you @lizcovart.bsky.social for the invitation. And while I'm here, pleased to announce that @uchicagopress.bsky.social is bringing out a paperback in Spring 2026!!!

Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 1d

Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!

How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?

Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.

Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy

Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.

benfranklinsworld.com

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks. I am not sure about that date, perhaps 2027?

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 9d

It's done! Capitalism: A Global History is coming to a bookstore near you November 25.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/541160...

Capitalism by Sven Beckert: 9780735220836 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A landmark event years in the making, a brilliant global narrative that unravels the defining story of the past thousand years of human history No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisiv...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11d

Enjoyed doing this interview with Luke Pickrell from Berkeley on his podcast Democratic Constitution. Do support his podcast on Apple. youtu.be/nEb4izWdf8k?...

Manisha Sinha on the Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic

YouTube video by The Democratic Constitution Podcast

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Hannah Forsyth 🍉 @hannahforsyth.bsky.social · Aug 11

Oh yes. It’s open access.

Hannah Forsyth 🍉 @hannahforsyth.bsky.social · Aug 11

New article by me on professional women as a ‘commodity frontier’ in the history of capitalism: The massive influx of women to white collar professions in the 1990s was the culmination of around a century of women’s efforts.

But then…

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Frontiers of human capital? women and the professions in the Angloworld

This article explores the place of professional women in the history of capitalism. I do this using three intersecting lenses, the third, commodity frontiers, being the most important. Low-cost com...

www.tandfonline.com

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glgerstle.bsky.social @glgerstle.bsky.social · Aug 4

Check out the rich video archive from the presentations and exchanges that occurred at the May 2025 #BeyondNeoliberalism in Cambridge. Please do spread news of this archive through your networks. A special thanks to the video team for capturing the spirit and substance of the conference.

Noam Maggor @maggor.bsky.social · Jul 31

🚨 It’s live! 🚨
The full #BeyondNeoliberalism experience is now online:
🧠 All-star speakers
🔥 A video essay tracing the big questions—from climate and inequality to industrial strategy and democyratic renewal:
bit.ly/neo-lib-25
🎥 Session videos + podcast recordings
→ beyond-neoliberalism.org

Beyond Neoliberalism: The Dream Team

"Beyond Neoliberalism: The Dream Team" is a 16-minute video essay that threads together the big themes of the conference: industrial policy, climate, inequality, state capacity, and the future of globalization. Featuring an all-star cast of thinkers, policymakers, and journalists. Visit the CONFERENCE WEBSITE: https://beyond-neoliberalism.org/ - watch highlights and full-length videos of every panel - listen to the conference podcast - see a full archive of photographs Listen to the Conference Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-neoliberalism-the-conference-podcast/id1825070611 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7Gc3JCHtVwCaoMjibrAGxi

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · Jul 3

Sven Beckert - Capitalism

A Global History

À paraître en novembre chez Penguin Press

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · May 29

Capitalism is coming to the UK! It wasn't easy to pull this off--but here is my take on capitalism's global history. In a bookstore near you this fall.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/295668...

Capitalism

No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisively as capitalism. It structures how we live and work, how we think about ourselves and others, how we organise our politics. Sven Beckert situat...

www.penguin.co.uk

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Jun 2

I’m beyond excited for this conference: “New Global Histories of Capitalism & the Environment”! It also celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History at Harvard. Stay tuned for the publication

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Jun 4

The wonderful Tehila Sasson, Sugata Bose, Zaib un Nisa Aziz, and Sven Beckert during the concluding roundtable of a superb international conference. Vibrant discussions about the field and future of global histories of capitalism & the environment. Thanks to all participants!

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Elizabeth Tandy (Ellie) Shermer @etshermer.bsky.social · Jun 1

Newberry Scholarly Seminar Deadline Approaching! June 6. Please apply!

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · May 31

That’s a wrap for this year’s scintillating series of Wiles Lectures by Harvard’s Sven Beckert - a taster for his ‘Capitalism: A Global History’, due out in November

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Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social · May 31

A great series of lectures by @svenbeckert.bsky.social for this year’s Wiles lectures. Each one was thought provoking, accessible & fascinating. Credit to all involved in organising esp. @petergray47.bsky.social. If anyone is interested, Sven’s book on the topic will be published later in the year!

History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · May 31

Sven Beckert will give the final 2025 Wiles lecture on Saturday morning at 11am, on ‘Capitalism’s Shapeshifting’. All welcome

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BELFAST's HowToEnjoy @howtoenjoybelfast.bsky.social · May 27

May 28, Wed, 5pm > May 31, Sat, 11am
CAPITALISM LECTURES BY SVEN BECKERT, HARVARD HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR, FOR QUB's ANNUAL WILES EVENT
B: 8b 8c 9a 9b or 9c
L: Emeleus Theatre, Lanyon Building, Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 1NN
T: Botanic
W: bsky.app/profile/qubhistory.bsky.social/post/3lo6yubhuoc2g

History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · May 2

This year's Wiles Lectures in History will be given at QUB on 28-31 May by Prof Sven Beckert of Harvard, on ‘Rethinking the History of Global Capitalism’. There are 4 free public lectures over 4 days: details at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · May 28

Sven Beckert of @harvard.edu gets this year’s Wiles Lectures at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social off to a great start with an excellent lecture on ‘The time of capitalism’.
Join us on Thursday at 5pm for the next, on 'Spaces of capitalism' www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...

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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · May 29

Happy to say that I will visit the University of Bologna in November 2025 and give a lecture at the Memory Lab on the subject “The Memory of History from Below."

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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · May 29

On my way to the Beyond Neoliberalism conference. Anyone from in here going?

beyond-neoliberalism.org

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · May 29

Capitalism is coming to the UK! It wasn't easy to pull this off--but here is my take on capitalism's global history. In a bookstore near you this fall.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/295668...

Capitalism

No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisively as capitalism. It structures how we live and work, how we think about ourselves and others, how we organise our politics. Sven Beckert situat...

www.penguin.co.uk

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David Motadel @davidmotadel.bsky.social · May 20

@davidrarmitage.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social @lseevents.bsky.social

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · May 3

If you find yourself in Belfast in late May, come join me for four lectures on the history of capitalism.
www.qub.ac.uk/events/whats...

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · May 3

If you find yourself in Belfast in late May, come join me for four lectures on the history of capitalism.
www.qub.ac.uk/events/whats...

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · Apr 22

Hey #skystorians if you are in the area do join us for the Hotz lecture at the University of Arkansas sponsored by the History department and the law school news.uark.edu/articles/772...

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Apr 16

Job alert! We're hiring @unibas.ch !
📢 1 fully-funded PhD position (4 years) in my @snsf-ch.bsky.social Consolidator project "The Battle of Materials"! Spread the word:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Universität Basel: PhD Position in History (or related discipline) 100%

SNSF Consolidator Grant project “The Battle of Materials: Commodity 'Research and Propaganda' and the Road to Immoderate Consumption, 1900-1980” The Europainstitut / Institute for European Global Stud...

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