Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I hope you are enjoying the sunshine and warmth this week! We are delighted to invite you to join the next session of the HTC Workshop, taking place on next Wednesday, April 30, from 4:30 to 6:00 PM in the Social Science Tea Room (SSRB 201).

Jule Ulbricht (PhD student in History, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) will present her dissertation chapter titled “Revisiting Industrial Basics: Introduction of Just-in-time at the Demise of an Industry.” Dr. Nicholas Johnson (Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, Law, Letters, and Society, University of Chicago) will kindly serve as the discussant.

You can access the paper here (password: automobile). As always, a zoom link could be provided by request. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions or need more information.

(Photo: A picket line outside a Cadillac plant in Detroit, November 1970. UAW stands for United Automobile Workers. Founded in 1935, it is a labor union that represents workers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, with a primary focus on the automotive, aerospace, and agricultural industries. © Tony Spina – USA TODAY NETWORK)

After the workshop, we will gather at The Pub (at Ida Noyes Hall)—a chance to unwind and catch up. Both long-time participants and new friends are warmly welcome.

Wish you a wonderful and relaxing weekend, and we look forward to seeing you next Wednesday!

Warmest regards,
Xiaoyu and Ada

Dear workshop friends and colleagues,

Please join us this Wednesday, April 23rd as Gabriel Groz, PhD Candidate in History, will present his draft “Before Wuchan jieji: Genealogies of the Proletariat in Late Imperial and Republican China.” You may access the draft here with the password wuchan5.

We will meet at the John Hope Franklin Room (SSRB 224) from 4:30PM – 6PM. Chris Hong, also a PhD Candidate in History, has kindly agreed to serve as the discussant.

As always, light refreshments will be served and a Zoom link will be available upon request.

After the workshop, we will convene at The Pub to chat and relax after hard academic work.

This is the cover of Penguin Classics’ Thoughts from the Ice-Drinker’s Studio by Liang Qichao. This English translation was published c. 2023.

Thanks and have a good weekend!

Best wishes,

Ada and Xiaoyu

“Vile Capitalists, Salesmen of Death …the Dope Pusher:

Narco-Capitalism in the Age of Black Power”

Max Mishler, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Toronto

Wednesday, April 9th, 4:30PM – 6PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSRB 224)

“Before the Proletariat: Genealogies of Wuchan in Late-Imperial and Republican

China”

Gabriel Groz, PhD Candidate in History, University of Chicago

Wednesday, April 23rd, 4:30PM – 6PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSRB 224)

“Happy Workers: How Just-in-Time Philosophy Gave Rise to a

New Ideology of Work in the 1980s”

Jule Ulbricht, PhD Student in History, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Wednesday, April 30th, 4:30PM – 6PM, Social Science Tea Room (SSRB 201)

“Marxism’s Last Sigh: The Fall of the Left in Pakistan, 1968 – 1971”

Atiya Singh, Program Director, McKeon Center, University of Chicago

Wednesday, May 7th, 4:30PM – 6PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSRB 224)

“British Opium, Silver Outflows, American Bills of Exchange, and the

Daoguang Depression:

Unraveling the Monetary Myth of Mid-19th-Century China”

Xiaoyu Gao, PhD Candidate in History, University of Chicago

Wednesday, May 14th, 4:30PM – 6PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSRB 224)

“Green Finance: ‘Ventilators’ of Capitalist Growth”

Ashima Mittal, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, University of Chicago

Wednesday, May 21st, 4:30PM – 6PM, John Hope Franklin Room (SSRB 224)

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I hope you enjoyed the sunshine today and your spring quarter is going well! The HTC Workshop is delighted to welcome Prof. Max Mishler (Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Toronto) to present his paper, “Vile Capitalists, Salesmen of Death …the Dope Pusher: Narco-Capitalism in the Age of Black Power.” The paper draft can be accessed with the password Narco-Capitalism.

We will meet on Wednesday, Apr. 9, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the John Hope Franklin Room (SSRB 224). Prof. Gabriel Winant (Associate Professor of History and the College) will kindly serve as discussant. As always, light refreshments will be provided, and the Zoom link is available upon request.

Thank you very much for your ongoing support and participation! We look forward to seeing you next Wednesday.

Warmest regards,
Xiaoyu and Ada

Dear all,