Sven Beckert
@svenbeckert.bsky.social
My take on how to think about current economic polices from the perspective of capitalism's history.
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Where Will ‘America First’ Lead Us? The Answer From History: Nowhere Good
Trump’s brand of economic nationalism echoes policies that led to two world wars and the rise of authoritarian regimes across the globe.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My take on how to think about current economic polices from the perspective of capitalism's history.
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WATCH: What is capitalism -- and what comes next?
Historian Sven Beckert on the origins, present, and future of the permanent revolution that's reshaped humanity
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November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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New at PB: Stephanie Wong interviews Seth Rockman (@sethrockman.bsky.social) about his latest book, "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and his experience learning to work on a late 18th-century loom.
Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving - Public Books
“But I had found a set of instructions in the archives of one of New England's leading manufacturers of low-end woollen cloth for enslaved wearers.”
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November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New at PB: Stephanie Wong interviews Seth Rockman (@sethrockman.bsky.social) about his latest book, "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and his experience learning to work on a late 18th-century loom.
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A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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The SHOC Seminars are back!
We are delighted to welcome Alessandro Stanziani for a lecture entitled: Earth Capital: ‘The Long History of Capitalism and its Aftermath’. Join us on 15 December for this fascinating event. Registrations are now open via [email protected].
We are delighted to welcome Alessandro Stanziani for a lecture entitled: Earth Capital: ‘The Long History of Capitalism and its Aftermath’. Join us on 15 December for this fascinating event. Registrations are now open via [email protected].
SHOC seminar with Alessandro Stanziani (Ecole des hautes études en
Earth Capital : The long history of capitalism and its aftermath
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November 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The SHOC Seminars are back!
We are delighted to welcome Alessandro Stanziani for a lecture entitled: Earth Capital: ‘The Long History of Capitalism and its Aftermath’. Join us on 15 December for this fascinating event. Registrations are now open via [email protected].
We are delighted to welcome Alessandro Stanziani for a lecture entitled: Earth Capital: ‘The Long History of Capitalism and its Aftermath’. Join us on 15 December for this fascinating event. Registrations are now open via [email protected].
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No one conveys a massive concept into something digestible quite like Sven Beckert. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Old Order Is Dead. Do Not Resuscitate.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No one conveys a massive concept into something digestible quite like Sven Beckert. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
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FRIAS Alumnus @svenbeckert.bsky.social has written a groundbreaking book on the Global History of #Capitalism from 1450 to the present day.
📕More about the book: www.penguin.co.uk/books/295668...
📰Interview @zeit.de: www.zeit.de/2025/48/sven... @uni-freiburg.de
📕More about the book: www.penguin.co.uk/books/295668...
📰Interview @zeit.de: www.zeit.de/2025/48/sven... @uni-freiburg.de
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
FRIAS Alumnus @svenbeckert.bsky.social has written a groundbreaking book on the Global History of #Capitalism from 1450 to the present day.
📕More about the book: www.penguin.co.uk/books/295668...
📰Interview @zeit.de: www.zeit.de/2025/48/sven... @uni-freiburg.de
📕More about the book: www.penguin.co.uk/books/295668...
📰Interview @zeit.de: www.zeit.de/2025/48/sven... @uni-freiburg.de
Und, aus Wien mit Christian Cwik und Nikolaus Braunshör, ein Gespräch über die Geschichte des Kapitalismus und mein neues Buch zum Thema
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Kapitalismus - Geschichte einer Weltrevolution | Vernetzte Geschichten.
Sven Beckert über sein neues Buch
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November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Und, aus Wien mit Christian Cwik und Nikolaus Braunshör, ein Gespräch über die Geschichte des Kapitalismus und mein neues Buch zum Thema
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Mt Dank an Christof Blome für das wunderbare Gespräch--Table of Content Podcast über Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution
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Sven Beckert über "Kapitalismus - Geschichte einer Weltrevolution"
Mit dem deutsch-amerikanischen Historiker Sven Beckert von der Universität Harvard spreche ich über das folgenreichste Ereignis der Menschheitsgeschichte: die Ausbreitung des Kapitalismus
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November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Mt Dank an Christof Blome für das wunderbare Gespräch--Table of Content Podcast über Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution
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Kommt der Systemwechsel? Historiker Sven Beckert hat eine Weltgeschichte des Kapitalismus geschrieben. Über die Rebellion der globalen Rechten und digitalen Kolonialismus
Sven Beckert: Erleben wir gerade einen Systemwechsel?
Kommt der Systemwechsel? Historiker Sven Beckert hat eine Weltgeschichte des Kapitalismus geschrieben. Über die Rebellion der globalen Rechten und digitalen Kolonialismus
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November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Kommt der Systemwechsel? Historiker Sven Beckert hat eine Weltgeschichte des Kapitalismus geschrieben. Über die Rebellion der globalen Rechten und digitalen Kolonialismus
Mt Dank an Christof Blome für das wunderbare Gespräch--Table of Content Podcast über Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution
table-of-content.podigee.io/20-neue-epis...
table-of-content.podigee.io/20-neue-epis...
Sven Beckert über "Kapitalismus - Geschichte einer Weltrevolution"
Mit dem deutsch-amerikanischen Historiker Sven Beckert von der Universität Harvard spreche ich über das folgenreichste Ereignis der Menschheitsgeschichte: die Ausbreitung des Kapitalismus
table-of-content.podigee.io
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Mt Dank an Christof Blome für das wunderbare Gespräch--Table of Content Podcast über Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution
table-of-content.podigee.io/20-neue-epis...
table-of-content.podigee.io/20-neue-epis...
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Der Harvard-Historiker Sven Beckert hat ein monumentales Werk über Kapitalismus geschrieben - und sein Beispiel für Deutschland ist ausgerechnet Völklingen.
Verrückt. Aber das erklärt, wieso er das Buch heute in Saarbrücken vorstellt. www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/int...
Verrückt. Aber das erklärt, wieso er das Buch heute in Saarbrücken vorstellt. www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/int...
Sven Beckert zu „Kapitalismus“: Völklingen? – „So wichtig für unsere Zivilisation, wie das alte Rom“
Der renommierte Harvard-Historiker Sven Beckert zeichnet in seinem neuen Werk „Kapitalismus“ die Geschichte einer Weltrevolution – und zeigt dabei, welche zentrale Rolle das Saarland in der globalen W...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Der Harvard-Historiker Sven Beckert hat ein monumentales Werk über Kapitalismus geschrieben - und sein Beispiel für Deutschland ist ausgerechnet Völklingen.
Verrückt. Aber das erklärt, wieso er das Buch heute in Saarbrücken vorstellt. www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/int...
Verrückt. Aber das erklärt, wieso er das Buch heute in Saarbrücken vorstellt. www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/int...
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Ich mich sehr gefreut, den Harvard-Historiker @svenbeckert.bsky.social, der vor einiger Zeit das fantastische Buch »King Cotton« geschrieben hat, zu seinem neuen, epischen Werk »Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution« interviewen zu können. 🧵
Harvard-Historiker: »Kapitalismus bedeutet permanente Revolution«
Den Kapitalismus kann man aus historischer Perspektive besser verstehen, als aus ökonomischer – sagt Harvard-Professor Sven Beckert im Interview.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ich mich sehr gefreut, den Harvard-Historiker @svenbeckert.bsky.social, der vor einiger Zeit das fantastische Buch »King Cotton« geschrieben hat, zu seinem neuen, epischen Werk »Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution« interviewen zu können. 🧵
If yoiu are in Vienna today, Thursday, join me a discussion of Capitalism: A Global History. Details below.
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If yoiu are in Vienna today, Thursday, join me a discussion of Capitalism: A Global History. Details below.
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The centuries-long history of capitalism shows that economic regimes endure for long periods of relative stability punctuated by moments of rapid change, writes
@svenbeckert.bsky.social. We're in that moment now—and resuscitation is futile. We must adapt instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
@svenbeckert.bsky.social. We're in that moment now—and resuscitation is futile. We must adapt instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Old Order Is Dead. Do Not Resuscitate.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The centuries-long history of capitalism shows that economic regimes endure for long periods of relative stability punctuated by moments of rapid change, writes
@svenbeckert.bsky.social. We're in that moment now—and resuscitation is futile. We must adapt instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
@svenbeckert.bsky.social. We're in that moment now—and resuscitation is futile. We must adapt instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
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Provocative, big-picture essay from a major historian of capitalism
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Provocative, big-picture essay from a major historian of capitalism
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This Sunday at Literature Live!, I'll be in conversation with Sam Dalrymple about his excellent new book, Shattered Lands: www.litlive.in/fest25/sched...
FRAGMENTNATIONS | The Mumbai LitFest
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November 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This Sunday at Literature Live!, I'll be in conversation with Sam Dalrymple about his excellent new book, Shattered Lands: www.litlive.in/fest25/sched...
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Join me in Berlin on Wednesday November 5 at 6PM for a book talk on Capitalism: A Global History at Freie Universität Berlin | Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (Raum A 127)
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Join me in Berlin on Wednesday November 5 at 6PM for a book talk on Capitalism: A Global History at Freie Universität Berlin | Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (Raum A 127)
Join me in Berlin on Wednesday November 5 at 6PM for a book talk on Capitalism: A Global History at Freie Universität Berlin | Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (Raum A 127)
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Join me in Berlin on Wednesday November 5 at 6PM for a book talk on Capitalism: A Global History at Freie Universität Berlin | Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (Raum A 127)
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*Plantation Goods* has had an incredible run, beyond anything I could have imagined. I am absolutely thrilled that the book is being honored with the Horowitz Prize from the Bard Graduate Center for scholarship on decorative arts, design history, or material culture. @uchicagopress.bsky.social
2024 Horowitz Book Prize Winner
Bard Graduate Center is pleased to announce that the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize for the best book on the decorative arts, design history, or material culture of the Americas published...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
*Plantation Goods* has had an incredible run, beyond anything I could have imagined. I am absolutely thrilled that the book is being honored with the Horowitz Prize from the Bard Graduate Center for scholarship on decorative arts, design history, or material culture. @uchicagopress.bsky.social
If you are in Berlin next week, come join me on November 5 for a book presentation of Capitalism: A Global History. Details here:
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Lesung und Gespräch: Sven Beckert am 05.11.2025 um 18:00 Uhr | Rowohlt Verlag
<p>Sven Beckert ist im <em>Colloquium Global History</em> zu Gast</p>
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October 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
If you are in Berlin next week, come join me on November 5 for a book presentation of Capitalism: A Global History. Details here:
www.rowohlt.de/veranstaltun...
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Event Alert! CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY
Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
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Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
www.infoclio.ch/en/book-talk...
October 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Event Alert! CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY
Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
www.infoclio.ch/en/book-talk...
Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
www.infoclio.ch/en/book-talk...
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Heartiest congratulations to @sethrockman.bsky.social, whose wonderful new book Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery has been awarded the Beveridge Prize!
The AHA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes, which honor exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects. Congratulations to the 2025 awardees! #AHAPerspectives🗃️
American Historical Association Announces 2025 Prize Winners – AHA
The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Heartiest congratulations to @sethrockman.bsky.social, whose wonderful new book Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery has been awarded the Beveridge Prize!