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Sven Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University, where he teaches the history of the United States… more

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mgoebel.bsky.social
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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lizcovart.bsky.social
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.
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svenbeckert.bsky.social
Thanks. I am not sure about that date, perhaps 2027?
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svenbeckert.bsky.social
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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by Manisha Sinha — Reposted by: Sven T. Beckert, Manisha Sinha

profmsinha.bsky.social
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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hannahforsyth.bsky.social
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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maggor.bsky.social
🚨 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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florianlouis.bsky.social
Sven Beckert - Capitalism

A Global History

À paraître en novembre chez Penguin Press
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mbrescius.bsky.social
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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mbrescius.bsky.social
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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etshermer.bsky.social
Newberry Scholarly Seminar Deadline Approaching! June 6. Please apply!
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qubhistory.bsky.social
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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qubhistory.bsky.social
Sven Beckert will give the final 2025 Wiles lecture on Saturday morning at 11am, on ‘Capitalism’s Shapeshifting’. All welcome
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marcusrediker.bsky.social
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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svenbeckert.bsky.social
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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Reposted by: Sven T. Beckert, Paolo Gerbaudo

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

beyond-neoliberalism.org
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by Sven T. Beckert — Reposted by: Sven T. Beckert

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qubhistory.bsky.social
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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qubhistory.bsky.social
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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davidmotadel.bsky.social
@davidrarmitage.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social @lseevents.bsky.social
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