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)
Panel 2: The Great Divergence: Timing and Causality 20 years later
Chair: Sebastian Conrad (Free University, Berlin)
Panel 3: Catastrophe or Liberation? Capitalism or Environment? Anthropocene, Energy, and Global Capitalism
Chair: Gareth Austin (Cambridge)
Panel 4: Technology, Institutions and Divergence: Arguments and Counterarguments About Rise and Fall, Success and Failure
Chair: Christopher McKenna (Oxford)
Panel 5: Labour and the Household, a Global History
Chair: Rowena Olegario (Oxford)
Panel 6 (wrap up reflection): History and Public Policy
Chair: Andrew Thompson (Oxford)