Sven Beckert
@svenbeckert.bsky.social
If yoiu are in Vienna today, Thursday, join me a discussion of Capitalism: A Global History. Details below.
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If yoiu are in Vienna today, Thursday, join me a discussion of Capitalism: A Global History. Details below.
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The centuries-long history of capitalism shows that economic regimes endure for long periods of relative stability punctuated by moments of rapid change, writes
@svenbeckert.bsky.social. We're in that moment now—and resuscitation is futile. We must adapt instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
@svenbeckert.bsky.social. We're in that moment now—and resuscitation is futile. We must adapt instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Old Order Is Dead. Do Not Resuscitate.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The centuries-long history of capitalism shows that economic regimes endure for long periods of relative stability punctuated by moments of rapid change, writes
@svenbeckert.bsky.social. We're in that moment now—and resuscitation is futile. We must adapt instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
@svenbeckert.bsky.social. We're in that moment now—and resuscitation is futile. We must adapt instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
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Provocative, big-picture essay from a major historian of capitalism
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Provocative, big-picture essay from a major historian of capitalism
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This Sunday at Literature Live!, I'll be in conversation with Sam Dalrymple about his excellent new book, Shattered Lands: www.litlive.in/fest25/sched...
FRAGMENTNATIONS | The Mumbai LitFest
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November 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This Sunday at Literature Live!, I'll be in conversation with Sam Dalrymple about his excellent new book, Shattered Lands: www.litlive.in/fest25/sched...
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Join me in Berlin on Wednesday November 5 at 6PM for a book talk on Capitalism: A Global History at Freie Universität Berlin | Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (Raum A 127)
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Join me in Berlin on Wednesday November 5 at 6PM for a book talk on Capitalism: A Global History at Freie Universität Berlin | Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (Raum A 127)
Join me in Berlin on Wednesday November 5 at 6PM for a book talk on Capitalism: A Global History at Freie Universität Berlin | Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (Raum A 127)
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Join me in Berlin on Wednesday November 5 at 6PM for a book talk on Capitalism: A Global History at Freie Universität Berlin | Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (Raum A 127)
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*Plantation Goods* has had an incredible run, beyond anything I could have imagined. I am absolutely thrilled that the book is being honored with the Horowitz Prize from the Bard Graduate Center for scholarship on decorative arts, design history, or material culture. @uchicagopress.bsky.social
2024 Horowitz Book Prize Winner
Bard Graduate Center is pleased to announce that the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize for the best book on the decorative arts, design history, or material culture of the Americas published...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
*Plantation Goods* has had an incredible run, beyond anything I could have imagined. I am absolutely thrilled that the book is being honored with the Horowitz Prize from the Bard Graduate Center for scholarship on decorative arts, design history, or material culture. @uchicagopress.bsky.social
If you are in Berlin next week, come join me on November 5 for a book presentation of Capitalism: A Global History. Details here:
www.rowohlt.de/veranstaltun...
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Lesung und Gespräch: Sven Beckert am 05.11.2025 um 18:00 Uhr | Rowohlt Verlag
<p>Sven Beckert ist im <em>Colloquium Global History</em> zu Gast</p>
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October 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
If you are in Berlin next week, come join me on November 5 for a book presentation of Capitalism: A Global History. Details here:
www.rowohlt.de/veranstaltun...
www.rowohlt.de/veranstaltun...
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Event Alert! CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY
Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
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Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
www.infoclio.ch/en/book-talk...
October 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Event Alert! CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY
Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
www.infoclio.ch/en/book-talk...
Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
www.infoclio.ch/en/book-talk...
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Heartiest congratulations to @sethrockman.bsky.social, whose wonderful new book Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery has been awarded the Beveridge Prize!
The AHA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes, which honor exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects. Congratulations to the 2025 awardees! #AHAPerspectives🗃️
American Historical Association Announces 2025 Prize Winners – AHA
The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Heartiest congratulations to @sethrockman.bsky.social, whose wonderful new book Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery has been awarded the Beveridge Prize!
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Book Talk: CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY by Sven Beckert #infoclioevent
Book Talk: CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY by Sven Beckert
Book Talk: CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY by Sven Beckert
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13. Oktober 2025
Book Talk: CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY
By Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of History, Harvard University
Nov. 10 2025, 18:00 - 19:30
University of Zurich, KOL-E-13 Senatszimmer
Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich
Everyone is welcome!
Organisiert von
Debjani Bhattacharyya (UZH) and Sabine Pitteloud (UniDistance)
Sprachen der Veranstaltung
Englisch
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October 14, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Book Talk: CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY by Sven Beckert #infoclioevent
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Very much looking forward to doing the Greener lecture at the University of South Carolina tomorrow. Come by if you are in this neck of the woods. Over two decades ago I researched my dissertation in the South Caroliniana while staying at Gibbes Court.
October 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Very much looking forward to doing the Greener lecture at the University of South Carolina tomorrow. Come by if you are in this neck of the woods. Over two decades ago I researched my dissertation in the South Caroliniana while staying at Gibbes Court.
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This Friday! Don’t miss LABOR’s Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2–4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring Rudi Batzell’s Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery and commentary by Lara Vapnek, Kevin Kenny, Richard Price & Naomi Williams. Free & open to all--register now: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025
October 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This Friday! Don’t miss LABOR’s Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2–4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring Rudi Batzell’s Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery and commentary by Lara Vapnek, Kevin Kenny, Richard Price & Naomi Williams. Free & open to all--register now: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025
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In this epic account, Bancroft Prize–winning historian Sven Beckert charts the rise of the modern global economic order. An unparalleled work of scholarship that is also a joy to read, this is a monumental achievement. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Capitalism: A Global History by Sven Beckert
In this epic account, Bancroft Prize–winning historian Beckert (Empire of Cotton) charts the rise of the modern global economic ...
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September 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In this epic account, Bancroft Prize–winning historian Sven Beckert charts the rise of the modern global economic order. An unparalleled work of scholarship that is also a joy to read, this is a monumental achievement. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
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Zum #weltbaumwolltag ein Blick in die #Wirtschaftsgeschichte der #baumwollindustrie im 19. Jh., im Kontext der #globalisierung geprägt vom komplexen Verhältnis einer nach Standardisierung strebenden Massenproduktion und der Unterschiedlichkeit von Märkten & Konsum:
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October 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Zum #weltbaumwolltag ein Blick in die #Wirtschaftsgeschichte der #baumwollindustrie im 19. Jh., im Kontext der #globalisierung geprägt vom komplexen Verhältnis einer nach Standardisierung strebenden Massenproduktion und der Unterschiedlichkeit von Märkten & Konsum:
▶ Sven Beckert […]
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Don't forget to mark your calendars for LABOR's Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring @rbatzell.bsky.social's new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery. The event is free and open to the public. Register today! go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025
October 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Don't forget to mark your calendars for LABOR's Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring @rbatzell.bsky.social's new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery. The event is free and open to the public. Register today! go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025
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Job alert: 3 fully funded PhDs in history at Uni Bern! Join an inspiring project on food, agriculture & global capitalism, 1870–1930s. Apply by Nov 10
October 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Job alert: 3 fully funded PhDs in history at Uni Bern! Join an inspiring project on food, agriculture & global capitalism, 1870–1930s. Apply by Nov 10
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A corrected version of our colloquium program @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social , with an additional talk by Sven Beckert on Nov 5: Capitalism: A Global History
October 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A corrected version of our colloquium program @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social , with an additional talk by Sven Beckert on Nov 5: Capitalism: A Global History
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Oh, this is so exciting! Thank you @lizcovart.bsky.social for the invitation. And while I'm here, pleased to announce that @uchicagopress.bsky.social is bringing out a paperback in Spring 2026!!!
Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!
How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?
Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!
How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?
Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy
Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Oh, this is so exciting! Thank you @lizcovart.bsky.social for the invitation. And while I'm here, pleased to announce that @uchicagopress.bsky.social is bringing out a paperback in Spring 2026!!!
It's done! Capitalism: A Global History is coming to a bookstore near you November 25.
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Capitalism by Sven Beckert: 9780735220836 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A landmark event years in the making, a brilliant global narrative that unravels the defining story of the past thousand years of human history No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisiv...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's done! Capitalism: A Global History is coming to a bookstore near you November 25.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/541160...
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Enjoyed doing this interview with Luke Pickrell from Berkeley on his podcast Democratic Constitution. Do support his podcast on Apple. youtu.be/nEb4izWdf8k?...
Manisha Sinha on the Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic
YouTube video by The Democratic Constitution Podcast
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September 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Enjoyed doing this interview with Luke Pickrell from Berkeley on his podcast Democratic Constitution. Do support his podcast on Apple. youtu.be/nEb4izWdf8k?...
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Oh yes. It’s open access.
New article by me on professional women as a ‘commodity frontier’ in the history of capitalism: The massive influx of women to white collar professions in the 1990s was the culmination of around a century of women’s efforts.
But then…
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
But then…
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Frontiers of human capital? women and the professions in the Angloworld
This article explores the place of professional women in the history of capitalism. I do this using three intersecting lenses, the third, commodity frontiers, being the most important. Low-cost com...
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August 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Oh yes. It’s open access.
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Check out the rich video archive from the presentations and exchanges that occurred at the May 2025 #BeyondNeoliberalism in Cambridge. Please do spread news of this archive through your networks. A special thanks to the video team for capturing the spirit and substance of the conference.
🚨 It’s live! 🚨
The full #BeyondNeoliberalism experience is now online:
🧠 All-star speakers
🔥 A video essay tracing the big questions—from climate and inequality to industrial strategy and democyratic renewal:
bit.ly/neo-lib-25
🎥 Session videos + podcast recordings
→ beyond-neoliberalism.org
The full #BeyondNeoliberalism experience is now online:
🧠 All-star speakers
🔥 A video essay tracing the big questions—from climate and inequality to industrial strategy and democyratic renewal:
bit.ly/neo-lib-25
🎥 Session videos + podcast recordings
→ beyond-neoliberalism.org
Beyond Neoliberalism: The Dream Team
"Beyond Neoliberalism: The Dream Team" is a 16-minute video essay that threads together the big themes of the conference: industrial policy, climate, inequality, state capacity, and the future of globalization. Featuring an all-star cast of thinkers, policymakers, and journalists. Visit the CONFERENCE WEBSITE: https://beyond-neoliberalism.org/ - watch highlights and full-length videos of every panel - listen to the conference podcast - see a full archive of photographs Listen to the Conference Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-neoliberalism-the-conference-podcast/id1825070611 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7Gc3JCHtVwCaoMjibrAGxi
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August 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Check out the rich video archive from the presentations and exchanges that occurred at the May 2025 #BeyondNeoliberalism in Cambridge. Please do spread news of this archive through your networks. A special thanks to the video team for capturing the spirit and substance of the conference.
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Sven Beckert - Capitalism
A Global History
À paraître en novembre chez Penguin Press
A Global History
À paraître en novembre chez Penguin Press
July 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Sven Beckert - Capitalism
A Global History
À paraître en novembre chez Penguin Press
A Global History
À paraître en novembre chez Penguin Press