Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar

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Date and Time

December 1, 2025
03:45PM - 05:45PM EST

Location

Robinson Hall, Room 125

Community, Corporation, and the Institutions of Britain’s Early Modern International Trade

Speaker

  • Edmond Smith, Professor in Economic Cultures, University of Manchester.

Commentator

  • Siân Davies, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History. 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.

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