HISTORY AND THEORY OF CAPITALISM WORKSHOP
FALL 2019 SCHEDULE
We will convene on alternate Wednesdays in the John Hope Franklin Room of the Social Sciences Research Building (Room 224) from 5:00 to 6:30 PM
Papers will be circulated in advance through our listserv, to which you may subscribe by following this link:
https://lists.uchicago.edu/web/info/historicalcapitalisms-socialtheory
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OCTOBER 16
William H. Sewell Jr. | Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Political Science and History, The University of Chicago
“The Eighteenth-Century French Economy: Commerce and Capitalism.”
OCTOBER 30
Mishal Khan | PhD Candidate in Sociology, The University of Chicago
“Challenging Imperial Order-Making: Contracts versus Custom in Masking “Unfree” Labor in India”
NOVEMBER 13
Anjali Anand | PhD Candidate in Political Science, The University of Chicago
“The Roots of Corporate Malfeasance: The Merchant as Body Politic in Early Modern England”
NOVEMBER 21
Thomas J. Adams | Senior Lecturer in History and American Studies, The University of Sydney
“Labor Categorization and Class Politics in Postwar America”
Joint Session with the U.S. History Workshop
** Please Note the Unusual Thursday Date (Same Location) **
DECEMBER 11
Michael C. Dawson | John D. MacArthur Professor of Political Science and the College, The University of Chicago
“Conflicting Claims: Current Crises & Historical Injustice, and Social Democracy”
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