Ulas Ince
@ulasince.bsky.social
Associate Professor of political theory at SOAS; British Academy Senior Research Fellow; author of Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism (Oxford 2018; https://bit.ly/3a8F0mr); writes on colonialism, capitalism, race; www.ulasince.com
Let's see how well this ages.
October 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Let's see how well this ages.
Join us on 11 April at SOAS for the workshop, "Globalizing Political Economy: Uneven Topographies of Capitalism."
Full program below.
Attendees need to register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/globalizin...
Full program below.
Attendees need to register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/globalizin...
April 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Join us on 11 April at SOAS for the workshop, "Globalizing Political Economy: Uneven Topographies of Capitalism."
Full program below.
Attendees need to register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/globalizin...
Full program below.
Attendees need to register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/globalizin...
"I'm an American prince with 10 million dollars that I need to get out of the country. I will give you one million dollar if you help me. Please send me your bank account information. God bless you."
April 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"I'm an American prince with 10 million dollars that I need to get out of the country. I will give you one million dollar if you help me. Please send me your bank account information. God bless you."
Join us on 11 April at SOAS for the workshop, "Globalizing Political Economy."
Details and registration here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/globalizin...
Details and registration here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/globalizin...
April 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Join us on 11 April at SOAS for the workshop, "Globalizing Political Economy."
Details and registration here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/globalizin...
Details and registration here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/globalizin...
I'm giving an online lecture next week at the Center for the Study of Developing Societies, based on my critique of Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson.
Zoom link and details:
www.csds.in/saving_capit...
And the critique itself:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Zoom link and details:
www.csds.in/saving_capit...
And the critique itself:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
March 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm giving an online lecture next week at the Center for the Study of Developing Societies, based on my critique of Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson.
Zoom link and details:
www.csds.in/saving_capit...
And the critique itself:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Zoom link and details:
www.csds.in/saving_capit...
And the critique itself:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Racial Capitalism in the History of Political Thought Conference
Princeton UCHV, 22 February.
Details and program here:
uchv.princeton.edu/.../racial-c....
Featuring Charisse Burden-Stelly, Inés Valdez, and others.
Princeton UCHV, 22 February.
Details and program here:
uchv.princeton.edu/.../racial-c....
Featuring Charisse Burden-Stelly, Inés Valdez, and others.
February 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Racial Capitalism in the History of Political Thought Conference
Princeton UCHV, 22 February.
Details and program here:
uchv.princeton.edu/.../racial-c....
Featuring Charisse Burden-Stelly, Inés Valdez, and others.
Princeton UCHV, 22 February.
Details and program here:
uchv.princeton.edu/.../racial-c....
Featuring Charisse Burden-Stelly, Inés Valdez, and others.
Ever alive to the prospect of the tired but convenient charge of "reductionism" flying from an audience member, I always have this slide handy in my deck. With enduring thanks to @kjhealy.co.
January 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Ever alive to the prospect of the tired but convenient charge of "reductionism" flying from an audience member, I always have this slide handy in my deck. With enduring thanks to @kjhealy.co.
The book review we all dream of writing one day:
"This is a book that clatters around in a dark closet of irrelevancies for 450 pages before it bumps accidentally into its index and stops."
"This is a book that clatters around in a dark closet of irrelevancies for 450 pages before it bumps accidentally into its index and stops."
December 4, 2024 at 9:58 AM
The book review we all dream of writing one day:
"This is a book that clatters around in a dark closet of irrelevancies for 450 pages before it bumps accidentally into its index and stops."
"This is a book that clatters around in a dark closet of irrelevancies for 450 pages before it bumps accidentally into its index and stops."
Speaking at Harvard next week.
With thanks to the Association for Global Political Thought, the Weatherhead Center, and Capitalism and Its Critics Workshop.
globalpoliticalthought.hsites.harvard.edu/event/coloni...
With thanks to the Association for Global Political Thought, the Weatherhead Center, and Capitalism and Its Critics Workshop.
globalpoliticalthought.hsites.harvard.edu/event/coloni...
September 10, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Speaking at Harvard next week.
With thanks to the Association for Global Political Thought, the Weatherhead Center, and Capitalism and Its Critics Workshop.
globalpoliticalthought.hsites.harvard.edu/event/coloni...
With thanks to the Association for Global Political Thought, the Weatherhead Center, and Capitalism and Its Critics Workshop.
globalpoliticalthought.hsites.harvard.edu/event/coloni...
Political theorists hiding behind snarky anti-humanist jargon be like:
April 10, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Political theorists hiding behind snarky anti-humanist jargon be like:
Warwick Annual IPE Debate: Coloniality and Capitalism
Thursday, March 7, 4:30 pm
w/ Gurminder Bhambra, Ingrid Kvangraven, and Shirin Rai
Thursday, March 7, 4:30 pm
w/ Gurminder Bhambra, Ingrid Kvangraven, and Shirin Rai
March 5, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Warwick Annual IPE Debate: Coloniality and Capitalism
Thursday, March 7, 4:30 pm
w/ Gurminder Bhambra, Ingrid Kvangraven, and Shirin Rai
Thursday, March 7, 4:30 pm
w/ Gurminder Bhambra, Ingrid Kvangraven, and Shirin Rai
Thrilled to be awarded the Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship for my book project, “Before the Global Color Line: Empire, Capital, and Race in Asia."
Two Open Access APSR articles from the project here:
Deprovincializing Racial Capitalism: bit.ly/3uYfL2T
Capitalist Racialization: bit.ly/3SPn6cY
Two Open Access APSR articles from the project here:
Deprovincializing Racial Capitalism: bit.ly/3uYfL2T
Capitalist Racialization: bit.ly/3SPn6cY
February 29, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Thrilled to be awarded the Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship for my book project, “Before the Global Color Line: Empire, Capital, and Race in Asia."
Two Open Access APSR articles from the project here:
Deprovincializing Racial Capitalism: bit.ly/3uYfL2T
Capitalist Racialization: bit.ly/3SPn6cY
Two Open Access APSR articles from the project here:
Deprovincializing Racial Capitalism: bit.ly/3uYfL2T
Capitalist Racialization: bit.ly/3SPn6cY
Even Hadrian started small (it is the Roman way).
January 10, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Even Hadrian started small (it is the Roman way).
SOAS Politics Department will host Charlotte Epstein tomorrow:
"A Feminist Critique of the Role of Body in Naturalizing Private Property."
For details and Zoom access, please scan the QR code on the attached flyer.
"A Feminist Critique of the Role of Body in Naturalizing Private Property."
For details and Zoom access, please scan the QR code on the attached flyer.
November 27, 2023 at 11:22 AM
SOAS Politics Department will host Charlotte Epstein tomorrow:
"A Feminist Critique of the Role of Body in Naturalizing Private Property."
For details and Zoom access, please scan the QR code on the attached flyer.
"A Feminist Critique of the Role of Body in Naturalizing Private Property."
For details and Zoom access, please scan the QR code on the attached flyer.
'Tis the season, people!
November 20, 2023 at 12:04 PM
'Tis the season, people!
Proofs! "From 'Chinese Colonist' to 'Yellow Peril': Capitalist Racialization in the British Empire" now be forthcoming in APSR.
PDF here: www.ulasince.com/wp-content/u...
PDF here: www.ulasince.com/wp-content/u...
November 16, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Proofs! "From 'Chinese Colonist' to 'Yellow Peril': Capitalist Racialization in the British Empire" now be forthcoming in APSR.
PDF here: www.ulasince.com/wp-content/u...
PDF here: www.ulasince.com/wp-content/u...
Phenomenology of grant application.
November 14, 2023 at 5:27 PM
Phenomenology of grant application.
Shortly before quitting Twitter.
November 11, 2023 at 9:00 PM
Shortly before quitting Twitter.
SOAS Politics Dept. is hosting Jason Sharman next week:
"Race, World-Ordering, and State-Building: Competing African and European Imperial Projects in the Scramble for Africa"
16 November, 5 pm; in person and on Zoom (see below for details and QR code)
"Race, World-Ordering, and State-Building: Competing African and European Imperial Projects in the Scramble for Africa"
16 November, 5 pm; in person and on Zoom (see below for details and QR code)
November 6, 2023 at 5:18 PM
SOAS Politics Dept. is hosting Jason Sharman next week:
"Race, World-Ordering, and State-Building: Competing African and European Imperial Projects in the Scramble for Africa"
16 November, 5 pm; in person and on Zoom (see below for details and QR code)
"Race, World-Ordering, and State-Building: Competing African and European Imperial Projects in the Scramble for Africa"
16 November, 5 pm; in person and on Zoom (see below for details and QR code)
Not sure if Inés Valdez's book *Democracy and Empire* is making the rounds here, but if it isn't, it should.
November 6, 2023 at 5:14 PM
Not sure if Inés Valdez's book *Democracy and Empire* is making the rounds here, but if it isn't, it should.
The fourth time is (also) a charm.
October 27, 2023 at 9:59 AM
The fourth time is (also) a charm.