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Sven Beckert

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Sven Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University, where he teaches the history of the United States in the nineteenth century, and global history. With Christine A. Desan, he is the co-director of the Program on the Study of Capitalism at Harvard University. .. more

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 9h

Very much looking forward to doing the Greener lecture at the University of South Carolina tomorrow. Come by if you are in this neck of the woods. Over two decades ago I researched my dissertation in the South Caroliniana while staying at Gibbes Court.

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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 1d

This Friday! Don’t miss LABOR’s Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2–4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring Rudi Batzell’s Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery and commentary by Lara Vapnek, Kevin Kenny, Richard Price & Naomi Williams. Free & open to all--register now: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · 5d

Job alert: 3 fully funded PhDs in history at Uni Bern! Join an inspiring project on food, agriculture & global capitalism, 1870–1930s. Apply by Nov 10

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Michael Goebel @mgoebel.bsky.social · 6d

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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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 7d

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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WerkstattGeschichte @werkstattgeschichte.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Zum #weltbaumwolltag ein Blick in die #Wirtschaftsgeschichte der #baumwollindustrie im 19. Jh., im Kontext der #globalisierung geprägt vom komplexen Verhältnis einer nach Standardisierung strebenden Massenproduktion und der Unterschiedlichkeit von Märkten & Konsum:

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 11d

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

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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 12d

Don't forget to mark your calendars for LABOR's Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring @rbatzell.bsky.social's new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery. The event is free and open to the public. Register today! go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025

flier for LABOR's Big Book Forum featuring pics of the participants and the registration link: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 15d

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 · 17d

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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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · Sep 4

In this epic account, Bancroft Prize–winning historian Sven Beckert charts the rise of the modern global economic order. An unparalleled work of scholarship that is also a joy to read, this is a monumental achievement. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

Capitalism: A Global History by Sven Beckert

In this epic account, Bancroft Prize–winning historian Beckert (Empire of Cotton) charts the rise of the modern global economic ...

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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...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...

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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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