Podcasts

Convergence/Divergence: New Approaches to the Global History of Capitalism Conference

28-29 September 2019

Panel 1: The European Miracle or Pre-Orient? Early Modern Convergence Tales as Rival Narratives

Chair: James Belich (Oxford)

Ep1. The Limits of Reciprocal Comparisons: Money and Trade Finance in the Early Modern Period

Alejandra Irigoin (Associate Professor in the Department of Economic History, LSE) gives a lecture on ‘The Limits of Reciprocal Comparisons: Money and The Early Modern Period’.

Ep2. The Spaces In Between: What is Global about the History of Capitalism?

Andrew Edwards (Career Development Fellow for the Global History of Capitalism project, Oxford) gives a lecture on ‘The Spaces in Between: What is Global about the History of Capitalism?’

Ep3. The World Historical in China’s Twentieth Century: Perspectives on Modernity, Globalization and Globality

Rebecca Karl (Professor of History, NYU) gives a lecture on ‘The World Historical in China’s Twentieth Century: Perspectives on Modernity, Globalization and Globality’.

Ep4. Did the Little Divergence within Europe and America contribute to the Great Divergence?

Leandro Prados de la Escosura (Professor of Economic History, Carlos III University, Madrid) gives a lecture on ‘Did the Little Divergence within Europe and America contribute to the Great Divergence?’

Ep5. Asia and the Great Divergence

Bishnu Gupta (Professor of Economics, Warwick) gives a lecture on ‘Asia and the Great Divergence’

Ep6. The Great Acceleration in Asia: Beyond “Coal and North America”

Kaoru Sugihara (Specially Appointed Professor at the Research Institute for Humanities and Nature, Kyoto) gives a lecture on ‘The Great Acceleration in Asia: Beyond “Coal and North America”’.

Ep7. Industry in the Global South, 1840s-1940s: Unfinished Business

William Clarence-Smith (Emeritus Professor of History, SOAS) gives a lecture on ‘Industry in the Global South, 1840s-1940s: Unfinished Business’

Ep8. Water and the Economic History of India

Tirthankar Roy (Professor in Economic History, Department of Economic History, LSE) gives a lecture on ‘Water and the Economic History of India’.

Ep9. The Great Intellectual Divergence: Alexander Hamilton & the Global Origins of Environmental Investmentality

Eli Cook (Assistant Professor of American History, Haifa) gives a lecture on ‘The Great Intellectual Divergence: Alexander Hamilton and the Global Origins of Environmental Investmentality’.

Ep10. Cosmographical Foundations for the Promotion of Embryo Sciences and Proto- technologies in Pre-industrial Europe and Late Imperial China

Patrick O’Brien (Professor of Economic History in the Department of Economic History, LSE) gives a lecture on ‘Cosmographical Foundations for the Promotion of Embryo Sciences and Proto- technologies in Pre-industrial Europe and Late Imperial China’.

Ep11. Silk and Innovation in Pre-modern China and Europe

Dagmar Schäfer (Director, Max Planck Institute) & Giorgio Riello (Professor of Early Modern Global History, EUI) give a lecture on ‘Silk and Innovation in Pre-modern China and Europe’.

Ep12. China and the West: Many Great Divergences

Joel Mokyr (Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern) gives a lecture on ‘China and the West: Many Great Divergences’.

Ep13. Household, Wage Labour and Capitalist Transformations in 20th Century Africa

Andreas Eckert (Professor of African History, Humboldt-University Berlin) gives a lecture on ‘Household, Wage Labour and Capitalist Transformations in 20th Century Africa’.

Ep14. Divisions of Labour: the Household and the Economy

Peter Hill (Northumbria) gives a lecture on ‘Divisions of Labour: the Household and the Economy’.

Ep15. Strange Legacies of Divergence:  The Chinese Gold Mining Diaspora 1850-1910

Mae Ngai (Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History, Columbia) gives a lecture on ‘Strange Legacies of Divergence:  The Chinese Gold Mining Diaspora 1850-1910’.

Ep16: History & Public Policy with Prof Jeremy Adelman

Jeremy Adelman (Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Princeton) gives a lecture on history and public policy.

Ep17. History & Public Policy with Prof Patricia Clavin

Patricia Clavin (Professor of International History, Oxford) gives a lecture on history and public policy.

Ep18. History & Public Policy with Ravinder Kaur

Ravinder Kaur (Associate Professor of Modern South Asian Studies, Copenhagen) gives a lecture on history and public policy.

Podcasts

Convergence/Divergence: New Approaches to the Global History of Capitalism Conference

28-29 September 2019

Panel 1: The European Miracle or Pre-Orient? Early Modern Convergence Tales as Rival Narratives

Ep1. The Limits of Reciprocal Comparisons: Money and Trade Finance in the Early Modern Period

Ep2. The Spaces In Between: What is Global about the History of Capitalism?

Ep3. The World Historical in China’s Twentieth Century: Perspectives on Modernity, Globalization and Globality

Panel 2: The Great Divergence: Timing and Causality 20 years later

Ep4. Did the Little Divergence within Europe and America contribute to the Great Divergence?

Ep5. Asia and the Great Divergence

Ep6. The Great Acceleration in Asia: Beyond “Coal and North America”

Panel 3: Catastrophe or Liberation? Capitalism or Environment? Anthropocene, Energy, and Global Capitalism

Ep7. Industry in the Global South, 1840s-1940s: Unfinished Business

Ep8. Water and the Economic History of India

Ep9. The Great Intellectual Divergence: Alexander Hamilton & the Global Origins of Environmental Investmentality

Panel 4: Technology, Institutions and Divergence: Arguments and Counterarguments About Rise and Fall, Success and Failure

Ep10. Cosmographical Foundations for the Promotion of Embryo Sciences and Proto- technologies in Pre-industrial Europe and Late Imperial China

Ep11. Silk and Innovation in Pre-modern China and Europe

Ep12. China and the West: Many Great Divergences

Panel 5: Labour and the Household, a Global History

Ep13. Household, Wage Labour and Capitalist Transformations in 20th Century Africa

Ep14. Divisions of Labour: the Household and the Economy

Ep15. Strange Legacies of Divergence:  The Chinese Gold Mining Diaspora 1850-1910

Panel 6 (wrap up reflection): History and Public Policy

Ep16: History & Public Policy with Prof Jeremy Adelman

Ep17. History & Public Policy with Prof Patricia Clavin

Ep18. History & Public Policy with Ravinder Kaur

Podcasts

Convergence/Divergence: New Approaches to the Global History of Capitalism Conference

28-29 September 2019

Panel 1: The European Miracle or Pre-Orient? Early Modern Convergence Tales as Rival Narratives

Ep1. The Limits of Reciprocal Comparisons: Money and Trade Finance in the Early Modern Period

Ep2. The Spaces In Between: What is Global about the History of Capitalism?

Ep3. The World Historical in China’s Twentieth Century: Perspectives on Modernity, Globalization and Globality

Panel 2: The Great Divergence: Timing and Causality 20 years later

Ep4. Did the Little Divergence within Europe and America contribute to the Great Divergence?

Ep5. Asia and the Great Divergence

Ep6. The Great Acceleration in Asia: Beyond “Coal and North America”

Panel 3: Catastrophe or Liberation? Capitalism or Environment? Anthropocene, Energy, and Global Capitalism

Ep7. Industry in the Global South, 1840s-1940s: Unfinished Business

Ep8. Water and the Economic History of India

Ep9. The Great Intellectual Divergence: Alexander Hamilton & the Global Origins of Environmental Investmentality

Panel 4: Technology, Institutions and Divergence: Arguments and Counterarguments About Rise and Fall, Success and Failure

Ep10. Cosmographical Foundations for the Promotion of Embryo Sciences and Proto- technologies in Pre-industrial Europe and Late Imperial China

Ep11. Silk and Innovation in Pre-modern China and Europe

Ep12. China and the West: Many Great Divergences

Panel 5: Labour and the Household, a Global History

Ep13. Household, Wage Labour and Capitalist Transformations in 20th Century Africa

Ep14. Divisions of Labour: the Household and the Economy

Ep15. Strange Legacies of Divergence: The Chinese Gold Mining Diaspora 1850-1910

Panel 6 (wrap up reflection): History and Public Policy

Ep16: History & Public Policy with Prof Jeremy Adelman

Ep17. History & Public Policy with Prof Patricia Clavin

Ep18. History & Public Policy with Ravinder Kaur

Ep15. Strange Legacies of Divergence:  The Chinese Gold Mining Diaspora 1850-1910