News from the Global History and Culture Centre
EUI Lecture series: CONNECTED HISTORIES OF CAPITALISM
Wednesdays in June, July and September, 16.00-17.30 (CEST), Via Zoom
Organizers: Giorgio Riello (HEC) and Glenda Sluga (EUI)
This series of talks organised by Giorgio Riello and Glenda Sluga (EUI) further the conversation on transnational and global histories of capitalism from 1500 to the present. Seven international scholars consider the connections and intersections between capitalism, politics, the history of empire and its legacies, environmental history, and public health.
All welcome! To register please contact Laura Borgese or follow the link for each event.
Carlo Ginzberg and Francesca Trivellato in conversation on Microhistory and Global History
23rd Annual Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Lecture in Judaic Studies March 2, 2021 | Zoom
Carlo Ginzburg and Francesca Trivellato
This event was cosponsored by the Center for Italian Studies, the History Department, Italian at Penn, the Jewish Studies Program Kutchin Seminar Series, the Workshop in the History of Material Texts, and the Kislak Center for Special Collections.
Carletti’s World: An Early Modern Global Voyage
Between 1594 and 1602, Carletti circumnavigated the world, traveling and trading in West Africa, the Spanish Americas, the Philippines, Japan, China, briefly stopping in Malacca and Ceylon before arriving in Portuguese India on his way back to Europe. Captured by the Dutch off St. Helena, he found his goods confiscated and litigated until 1605 for their return before traveling through France to reach Tuscany in 1606. The account of his journey forms the focus of this online workshop series, entitled “Carletti’s World: An Early Modern Global Voyage” held on Fridays from February to June 2021, at 9-11am PST / 12-2pm EST/ 5-7pm GMT / 6-8pm CET / 2-4am JST:
Webinar series: 'Conversations in Global History' at the EUI (Florence)
Organizers: Pieter M. Judson, Lucy Riall, Giorgio Riello (EUI)
A series of discussions with prominent scholars in the field of global history.
Each conversation will take place at 17:00-18:30 (Florence time) and each will involve a reading to be distributed in advance of the session.