Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History

2024 Mar 25

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar (In Person)

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, History Department Conference Room (125)

"Nations Ascendant: The Global Struggle Against Empire and the Making of Our World"

Speaker:

Zaib AzizPostdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History. Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of South Florida, Tampa.

Comments:

Matt Goerzen, PhD Candidate in the History of Science, Harvard University.

Benjamin Brendel, Associate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History. Assistant to Professor Eckart Conze, Department of Modern History, Philipps University of Marburg.

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2024 Feb 26

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar (In Person)

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, History Department Conference Room (125)

"Making Socialism Work: Economic Reform and the Soviet Enterprise, 1960s-2000s"

Speaker:

James Nealy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History. PhD, Department of History, Duke University.

Comments:

Jackie Erlon-Baurjan, A.M. Candidate in Regional Studies, Harvard University.

Jeremy Friedman, Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business, Government, and the International Economy, Harvard Business School.

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2024 Feb 05

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar (In Person)

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, History Department Conference Room (125)

"A Global History of Capitalism" (selection)

Speaker:

Sven Beckert, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History. Laird Bell Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.

Commentators:

Zaib un Nisa AzizPostdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History. Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of South Florida, Tampa.

Matteo GiordanoVisiting Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History. PhD Candidate in History, Classe di Lettere e Filosofia, Scuola Normale Superiore.

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2024 Jan 22

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar (In Person)

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, History Department Conference Room (125)

“Shadow’s Empire: An Alternative Imperial History”

Speaker:

Thomas Barfield, Professor of Anthropology, Boston University

Comments:

Dina Hassan, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University.

Charles Maier, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History (emeritus). Leverett Saltonstall Research Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.... Read more about Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar (In Person)

2023 Nov 06

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar (In Person)

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, History Department Conference Room (125)

“Slavery and the Foundations of the Modern Constitutional Order: A Conceputal History Analysis, c. 1780-c. 1830”

Speaker:

Tâmis Parron, Assistant Professor of History, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil.

Commentator:

Osama Siddiqui, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History (fall 2023). Assistant Professor, Department of History and Classics, Providence College.... Read more about Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar (In Person)

2023 Oct 30

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History Seminar (In Person)

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, History Department Conference Room (125)

“Escape from the Periphery: Railroad Regulation as American Industrial Policy”

Speaker:

Noam Maggor, Senior Lecturer in American History, Queen Mary University of London.

Commentators:

Jerry Chen, J.D.-PhD Candidate in Legal History, Harvard University.

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2023 May 11

Global Sports Fellows Panel (Zoom)

10:00am to 11:30am

Location: 

Online Only

Global Sports Fellows Presentations: "New Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Global Sports"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Speakers:

"Support the Player, Change the Game: Team-Level Approaches to Athlete Wellbeing in Professional Women’s Soccer"

Nathán Goldberg Crenier, Global Sports Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH). Assistant General Manager and Chief Soccer Officer, Gotham FC.

Saara HassounGlobal Sports Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH). Senior Consultant, Program Management Group, Guidehouse.

"Mass Confrontation: Navigating the Nebulous Convergence of Professional Sports, Racial Justice and Collective Action"

Justin MorrowGlobal Sports Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH). Co-founder, Black Players for Change.

"Spotlight on World Cup Prize Money: An Eventful Year in the Work to Close the Gender Prize Money Gap Between the FIFA Women’s and Men’s World Cups"

Susie PetruccelliGlobal Sports Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH). Author and Producer.

Chair:

Stephen Ortega, Associate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH). Associate Professor, Department of History, Simmons College.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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2023 Apr 20

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH) Seminar (In Person)

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S450

"Financing Slave Coffee Plantations in Imperial Brazil"

Attend this event (advance registration required)

Speaker:

Gabriel Sterman, Global Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH). PhD Candidate, Department of History, University of São Paulo.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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2023 Mar 29

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH) Seminar (In Person)

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, History Department Conference Room (125)

"Rights by Possession: Post-Emancipation Land Politics in Cuba"

Speaker:

Adriana Chira, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH). Assistant Professor, Department of History, Emory University.

Graduate Student Commentator:

Marten Dondorp, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University.

“Imperial Methuselah: Europe’s Rule in the Americas”

Speaker:

Javier Francisco, Visiting Associate, WIGH 2022-2023; PhD, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Graduate Student Commentator:

Manny Medrano, PhD Candidate in Latin American History, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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2023 Mar 01

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH) Seminar (In Person)

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, History Department Conference Room (125)

"Unbounded Profits: Rubber, Private Enterprise, and the Colonial State in Assam, 1810-1873"

Speaker:

Moritz von Brescius, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH). Research Group Leader, Institute of History, University of Bern.

Commentator:

Aniket DeGraduate Student Affiliate; Graduate Research Fellow, Canada Program. PhD Candidate, Department of History, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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2023 Feb 01

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH) Seminar (In Person)

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, History Department Conference Room (215)

"The Project State and Its Rivals: A New History of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries"

Speaker:

Charles S. Maier, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH) (emeritus). Leverett Saltonstall Research Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

Please visit the event page for further information, including how to request the pre-circulated paper.

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2022 Dec 12

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH) Seminar (Zoom)

9:00am to 10:30am

Location: 

Online Only

“How This World Cup Has Amplified the Challenges that Global Football Needs to Face”

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Moderator:

David Conn, Award-winning Writer, Guardian; Author, The Fall of the House of FIFA.

Panelists:

Gareth Farrelly, Sports Lawyer, CAS Arbitrator, and Former Irish International Footballer; WIGH Global Fellow 2022.

Lise Klaveness, President, Norwegian Football Association; Lawyer; Human Rights Advocate; Former Norwegian International Footballer.

Stiliyan Petrov, Director, Player 4 Player; Player Advocate; Former Bulgarian International Footballer.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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2022 Nov 30

World Cup Watch Party (In Person)

10:00am to 12:30pm

Location: 

Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH), 59 Shepard Street

"Watch Party: Tunisia vs. France World Cup Match"

Special Guest:

Lilian Thuram, author, activist, and most capped player of the French National Team.

Contact:

Liz Flanagan
elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu

Sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Sociology Department, and the Global Sports Initiative at WIGH 

For more information, please visit the CMES event listing.

2022 Nov 30

Book Talk (In Person)

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Fong Auditorium

"White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity"

Speaker:

Lilian Thuram, French author and former professional footballer.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

Cosponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, and Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

2022 Apr 25

Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH) Seminar (In Person)

3:45pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

"The World Market Origins of the New South: Tennessee, 1861-1900"

Speaker:

Sanjay K. Paul, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University.

Commentator:

Jaewoong Jeong, Postdoctoral Fellow, WIGH.

"For Whom Are These Words For?: Blood, Citizenship, and Nazi Interpretations of the Indian Reorganization Act"

Speaker:

Kabl Wilkerson, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University.

Commentator:

Nate George, Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of History, Rice University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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