Join historians and social scientists to discuss a recent book on the history of capitalism: Koji Yamamoto, Taming Capitalism before its Triumph (2018).
Tuesday 17 November 2020 : Chicago 07:00 CST || New York 08:00 EST || London 13:00 GMT || Hong Kong 21:00 HKT || Tokyo 22:00 JST
About this Event
The history of capitalism has seen a renaissance over the last decade, but relatively fewer works have focused on its early phases, including the early modern period in which England began evolving into the ‘first industrial nation’. Koji Yamamoto’s book Taming Capitalism before its Triumph: Distrust, Public Service, and “Projecting” in Early Modern England (Oxford, 2018) offers a fresh reappraisal. This online symposium brings together renowned scholars from across medieval history, early modern history, historical sociology and political science to discuss the book.
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Provisional Programme
Opening Remarks
Wenkai He | HKUST Hong Kong
Cultural History as the Antidote to Whiggish Histories of Capitalism
Martha Howell | Medieval European history, Columbia University
Projects, Intoxicants, and Early-modern Capitalism
Phil Withington | Social and cultural history, University of Sheffield
Projectors, Petitioners, and One-Dimensional Theories of Power
David Zaret | Early modern British history and historical sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington
“Whiggish History”, Projectors and Corporate Capitalism
Steve Pincus | British history and British empire, University of Chicago
Capitalism: The Means or the End to Common Good
Wenkai He | Comparative history and political science, HKUST Hong Kong
Open Discussion