The Currency and Empire Sawyer Seminar is designed to study the relationship between monetary systems and imperial power, through deep interdisciplinary engagement. It is convened by Emma Park, Gustav Peebles, Paulo dos Santos, Aaron Jakes, and Sanjay Reddy. The project is funded by a Sawyer Seminar grant awarded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, hosted by the Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies, and is housed at The New School. Through this grant, faculty members and graduate students explore the relationship between monetary systems, the production and consolidation of racial difference, and imperial power.