Hosted by the School of History, Religions, and Philosophies at SOAS, this workshop aims to generate discussion about what it means to think about histories of capitalism and race beyond Eurocentric conceptual frameworks – and how starting from the histories of Asia and Africa offers alternative theoretical starting points.

Convenors: Dr Hengameh Ziai and Dr Mattin Biglari

Photos from the event

Day 1 - 6th June

10.30-11:00: Introductory Remarks

11:00-12.30: Panel 1: Recentring Debt (in histories of capitalism)
Shabnum Tejani, HRP
Eleanor Newbigin, HRP
Meera Sabaratnam, Politics
Wayne Dooling, HRP

1:30-3.00: Panel 2: Reconfiguring Labour (unfree labour, slavery, reproductive, etc.)

Mattin Biglari, HRP
Ceyda Karamursel, HRP
Mishal Khan, University of California, Hastings College of Law
Ana Nenadović, HRP

3.30-5:00: Panel 3: Rethinking Capital’s Other? Religion/Race/Law
Samia Khatun, HRP
Sîan Hawthorne, HRP
Vanja Hamzić, Law
Hengameh Ziai, HRP

5:00-6:30: Roundtable Discussion: Capitalism Beyond Teleology
Jairus Banaji, Development
Anthony Bogues, Brown University

Day 2 - 7th June

10:30-12:00: Keynote: Anupama Rao “In the Wake of Capital: Social Abstraction, Historical Comparison, and Mass Intellectuality.”

1:00-2:30: Panel 1: Respatialising Capital
Sarah El-Kazaz, Politics
Adam Hanieh, University of Exeter
Kerem Nişancıoğlu, Politics
Munira Khayyat, American University in Cairo

3:00-4:30: Panel 2: Racial Capitalism Beyond the Atlantic World
Rafeef Ziadah, KCL
Anthony Bogues, Brown University
Lisa Tilley, Development
Ulaş Ince, Politics

4.30-6:00: Roundtable Discussion: SOAS in Empire: Establishing a Centre for Historical Research
Anthony Bogues, Brown University
Ceyda Karamursel, HRP