Workshop on Culture, History, & Society

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Date and Time

February 20, 2026
12:00PM - 01:30PM EST

Location

William James Hall, Room 1550

33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
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Traders, Speculators, and Captains of Industry: How Capitalist Legitimacy Shaped Foreign Investment Policy in India

Speaker

  • Jason B. Jackson, Associate Professor in Political Economy and Urban Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT.

Faculty Sponsors

  • Orlando Patterson, Faculty Associate. John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.
  • Ya-Wen Lei, Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Contact

Jess Viator
jviator@fas.harvard.edu

Lunch is provided.

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