Join the Critical History Today lecture series on October 12 for a panel discussion with Michael Ralph, Associate Professor at the School of Medicine at New York University and a Visiting Fellow at the Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies; John Clegg, Assistant Professor of History at University of Chicago; and Ben Wiggins, Director of the Digital Arts, Sciences, & Humanities (DASH) Program for University Libraries and Affiliate Assistant Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. Sarah Balakrishnan, Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, will serve as discussant.
The panel will discuss the methods, theory, and historiography informing their National Science Foundation-funded research into the transatlantic slave trade and the insurance industry, especially the role of Lloyds of London. They will also reflect on some preliminary findings.