Indian Ocean in the Age of Empire

The seminar will explore themes of economic activity and change in accounts of society, culture, institutions, and the state across the Indian Ocean littoral, such as the intellectual, cultural, material, and legal underpinnings of transregional mercantile relations; vernacular forms of capital accumulation and incorporation; and the way these practices informed relations of gender, race, and identity across oceanic space.

The seminar is hosted by the Global History of Capitalism Project of the Oxford Centre for Global History.

To receive the Zoom links to join please email mailto:itamar.toussiacohen@sant.ox.ac.uk
Type: Seminar Series
Timing: Fortnightly on Tuesdays, Weeks 1, 3, 5 & 7, 15:00 (UK time), except for MT Week 1 which will be at 16:00 (BST)
Web Address: https://globalcapitalism.web.ox.ac.uk/events
Organising department: Faculty of History

Talks:

Tuesday 25 April 2023 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Mapping Gulf Infrastructure and Territory
Date: 25 April 2023, 15:00 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Stephen J Ramos (University of Georgia)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 9 May 2023 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India
Date: 9 May 2023, 15:00 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Andrew B Liu (Villanova University)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 23 May 2023 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Worldmaking in the Hijaz: Muslims between Indian and Soviet Visions of Managing Difference, 1919-1926
Date: 23 May 2023, 15:00 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Roy Bar Sadeh (Yale University)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 6 June 2023 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Evolving Traditions: Networks of Empire and the Changing Economies of Islamic Intellectual Production in East Africa (c. 1800-1945)
Date: 6 June 2023, 15:00 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Scott Reese (University of Hamburg)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark, Alexia Lewis