# Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar (In Person) #### calendar\_today Date and Time **February 24, 2025** 03:45PM - 05:45PM EST #### pin\_drop Location **Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, History Department Conference Room (125)** ## "Profits and Peril: The Rise of Commercial Caravans on the Northern Frontier of the Qing Empire" ### Speaker: ****George Qiao*****, Assistant Professor of History and Asian Languages and Civilizations, Amherst College.* ### Commentators: **[Charlotte Ciavarella](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/charlotte-ciavarella-heal&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1739888654349344&usg=AOvVaw2ABY4m_nIjlUUaOs4h0viJ)**, *Graduate Student Affiliate.* PhD Candidate, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University. **[Mark C. Elliott](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-c-elliott&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1739888654349344&usg=AOvVaw2GEoLDbVdbm5szGQQe6Nej)**, *Faculty Associate.* Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Department of History; Vice Provost for International Affairs, Harvard University. ### Contact: **Jessica Barnard** ### Attendance Information: Please [sign up online](https://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/history-global-capitalism-seminar-george-qiao-profits-and-peril-rise-commercial) to register and receive the precirculated paper. You will receive an automatic email confirmation, and approximately one week before the seminar we will manually send you the precirculated paper. See also:- [ 2024–2025 ](/academic-year/2024%E2%80%932025) - [ Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History ](/event-categories/weatherhead-initiative-global-history) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/1922931/event-feed.ics) Copy link link