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Dr Timothy Mitchell Speaking about his new book project
Dec
15

Dr Timothy Mitchell Speaking about his new book project

Histories of Capitalism and Race in the Middle East and Indian Ocean seminar series

Dr Timothy Mitchell will be speaking about his new book project, followed by a group discussion of the book. Registration is required and attendees are encouraged to read the pre-circulated extracts in advance.

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Dr Andrew b. Liu (Villanova University), Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India (2020)
Dec
8

Dr Andrew b. Liu (Villanova University), Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India (2020)

Histories of Capitalism and Race in the Middle East and Indian Ocean seminar series

Dr Andrew B. Liu will be speaking about Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India (Yale University Press, 2020), followed by a group discussion of the book. Registration is required and attendees are encouraged to read the pre-circulated extracts in advance.

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Dr Katayoun Shafiee (University of Warwick), Machineries of Oil: An Infrastructural History of BP in Iran (2018)
Nov
29

Dr Katayoun Shafiee (University of Warwick), Machineries of Oil: An Infrastructural History of BP in Iran (2018)

Histories of Capitalism and Race in the Middle East and Indian Ocean seminar series

Dr Katayoun Shafiee will be speaking about Machineries of Oil: An Infrastructural History of BP in Iran (MIT Press, 2018), followed by a group discussion of the book. Registration is required and attendees are encouraged to read the pre-circulated extracts in advance.

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Dr Johan Mathew (Rutgers University), Margins of the Market: Trafficking and Capitalism across the Arabian Sea (2016)
Nov
23

Dr Johan Mathew (Rutgers University), Margins of the Market: Trafficking and Capitalism across the Arabian Sea (2016)

Histories of Capitalism and Race in the Middle East and Indian Ocean seminar series

Dr Johan Mathew will be speaking about Margins of the Market: Trafficking and Capitalism Across the Arabian Sea (University of California Press, 2016), followed by a group discussion of the book. Registration is required and attendees are encouraged to read the pre-circulated extracts in advance.

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Dr Nurfadzilah Yahaya (Yale University), Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia (2020)
Nov
17

Dr Nurfadzilah Yahaya (Yale University), Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia (2020)

Histories of Capitalism and Race in the Middle East and Indian Ocean seminar series

Dr Nurfadzliah Yahaya will be speaking about Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia (Cornell University Press, 2020), followed by a group discussion of the book. Registration is required and attendees are encouraged to read the pre-circulated extracts in advance.

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Dr Aaron Jakes (University of Chicago), Egypt’s Occupation: Colonial Economism and the Crises of Capitalism (2020)
Nov
3

Dr Aaron Jakes (University of Chicago), Egypt’s Occupation: Colonial Economism and the Crises of Capitalism (2020)

Histories of Capitalism and Race in the Middle East and Indian Ocean seminar series

Dr Aaron Jakes will be speaking about Egypt’s Occupation: Colonial Economism and the Crises of Capitalism (Stanford University Press, 2020), followed by a group discussion of the book. Registration is required and attendees are encouraged to read the pre-circulated extracts in advance.

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Dr Muriam Haleh Davis (UC Santa Cruz), Markets of Civilization: Islam and Racial Capitalism in Algeria (2022)
Oct
27

Dr Muriam Haleh Davis (UC Santa Cruz), Markets of Civilization: Islam and Racial Capitalism in Algeria (2022)

Histories of Capitalism and Race in the Middle East and Indian Ocean seminar series

Dr Muriam Haleh Davis will be speaking about Markets of Civilization: Islam and Racial Capitalism in Algeria (Duke University Press, 2022), followed by a group discussion of the book. Registration is required and attendees are encouraged to read the pre-circulated extracts in advance.

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Dr Alden Young (UCLA), Transforming Sudan: Decolonization, Economic Development, and State Formation (2017)
Oct
20

Dr Alden Young (UCLA), Transforming Sudan: Decolonization, Economic Development, and State Formation (2017)

Histories of Capitalism and Race in the Middle East and Indian Ocean seminar series

Dr Alden Young will be speaking about Transforming Sudan: Decolonization, Development, and State Formation (Cambridge University Press, 2017), followed by a group discussion of the book. Registration is required and attendees are encouraged to read the pre-circulated extracts in advance.

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Dr Nada Moumtaz (University of Toronto), God’s Property: Islam, Charity and the Modern State (2021)
Oct
13

Dr Nada Moumtaz (University of Toronto), God’s Property: Islam, Charity and the Modern State (2021)

Histories of Capitalism and Race in the Middle East and Indian Ocean seminar series

Dr Nada Moumtaz will speak about God's Property: Islam, Charity and the Modern State (University of California Press, 2021), followed by a group discussion of the book. Registration is required and attendees are encouraged to read the pre-circulated extracts in advance.

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