#  Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **February 9, 2026** 

 03:45PM - 05:45PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Robinson Hall, History Department Conference Room (125)**  

 [35 Quincy Street  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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## Between Plantation and Penrhyn Quarry

### Speaker

- [Siân Davies](https://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/sian-davies), Postdoctoral Fellow. PhD in Economic and Social History, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, The University of Edinburgh.

### Chair

- Sven Beckert, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History. Laird Bell Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.

### Contact

**Jessica Barnard**  
<jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu>

Registered attendees will receive the pre-circulated paper approximately one week in advance.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ 2025–2026 ](/academic-year/2025-2026)
- [ Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History ](/event-categories/weatherhead-initiative-global-history)
 
 

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