Please join our colleague (and former Heilbroner Faculty Fellow) Aaron Jakes for his upcoming talk “Unions of Mass Mobilization: Ottoman Constitutionalism and Popular Politics in Egypt.” The talk will take place at Yale University’s Luce Hall, on 34 Hillhouse Avenue, Room 203, on January 25th, 4:30 PM. Professor Jakes’ talk is hosted by the Yale
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Revising the Geography of Modern World Histories
Please congratulate our colleague Aaron Jakes on co-organizing the upcoming conference, “Revising the Geography of Modern World Histories,” at the University of York. The conference will feature several keynote speakers, including: Manu Goswani (NYU), Paul A. Kramer (Vanderbilt), Lara Putnam (University of Pittsburgh), and Andrew Zimmerman (George Washington University). The conference is sponsored by the
NEW JOURNAL: “Capitalism and History” from the University of Pennsylvania Press
Please join us in congratulating our colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania Press on the launch of their forthcoming journal, Capitalism and History. More information is available below. For information on subscriptions and submission instructions, please email journals@pobox.upenn.edu.
Professor Darrick Hamilton on “Baby Bonds”
Our colleague Professor Darrick Hamilton was recently featured in the Washington Post for his “Baby Bonds” proposal, wherein each American baby would receive between $500 and $50,000 at birth. These funds would be placed in a bond, untouchable by both family and child until the recipient’s 18th birthday. Funds could be used to pay for
Emma Park Joins the New School’s History Faculty and the Heilbroner Center
Congratulations to Professor Emma Park, the most recent addition to the faculty of the New School History department and the newest collaborator with the Heilbroner Center! Professor Park’s research focuses on the history of infrastructure in East Africa. Specifically, “to understand the dynamics among capital, state formation, and the politics of belonging, she analyzes British
McKenzie Wark and Chiara Bottici Featured in New Book from the Museum of Capitalism
Former Heilbroner Fellow McKenzie Wark and New School Philosophy’s Professor Chiara Bottici were recently featured in a new publication from the Museum of Capitalism, recently opened in Oakland, California. Purchase the book here. The new collection “offers a glimpse into its controversial project of untimely memorialization. Published contemporaneously with the opening of Museum of Capitalism in
“Can monetary policy survive policy model mis-specification?” by Mark Setterfield
Congratulations to Faculty Fellow Professor Mark Setterfield on his forthcoming article, “Can monetary policy survive policy model mis-specification? Model uncertainty and the perils of ‘policy model complacency’” from Metroeconomica. An abstract of the essay can be found below. Read the whole article here. “The question addressed in this paper is: can monetary policy succeed in stabilizing
What Cass Sunstein Gets Wrong About Marxism, Sanders, and American Politics
Heightening the Contradictions and Missing the Point The following is an excerpt from Jan Dutkiewicz and Andrew Norris’s essay, “What Cass Sunstein Gets Wrong About Marxism, Sanders, and American Politics: Heightening the Contradictions and Mising The Point.” A full version can be found on Public Seminar. Dutkiewicz is a former Heilbroner Center Graduate Fellow. “More
Debt Comes For Us All
Students protest against the new GOP tax bill The following is excerpted from Amy Osika’s essay, “Debt Comes For Us All: Students protest against the new GOP tax bill,” available in full from Public Seminar. “A colleague and I walk over to a group of policemen, asking them what they think about the new tax
Sex Work and the Capitalist Patriarchy
Legalization is not a substitute for abolishment The following is an excerpt from Amy Brozovich’s essay, “Sex Work and the Capitalist Patriarchy: Legalization is not a substitute for abolishment,” available in full on Public Seminar. “To understand prostitution, its racist character must be acknowledged. Women who were and continue to be forced into prostitution