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01 Oct
Decolonization and the Expansion of Tax Havens
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Lectures, Symposia, Etc.

Topic

Humanities, Governance

Target Audience

Undergraduate Students, Faculty, Graduate Students

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http://www.history.pitt.edu/events

University Unit
Department of History
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Decolonization and the Expansion of Tax Havens

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Prize-winning historian Vanessa Ogle (UC Berkeley) will deliver the first of four lectures in this year's Atlantic History Seminar dedicated to the theme "Global Capitalism." The title of her talk is "Funk Money: Decolonization and the Expansion of Tax Havens, 1950s-60s"

Future events include:

  • Priya Satia (Stanford), "Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution" (Oct. 22, 4:30-6:00pm, 602 Cathedral of Learning)
  • Francesca Trivellato (Institute for Advanced Study), "Commerce and Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe" (Oct. 29, 4:30-6:00pm, 3703 Posvar Hall)
  • Jason W. Moore, "Spaceships, Slaveships, and the Capitalocene Imaginary: Nature, Inequality and Capital in the Making of Planetary Crises, 1450-2020" (Mar. 18, 4:30-6:00pm, 3703 Posvar Hall)

Monday, October 1 at 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

History Department Lounge, 3703 Wesley W. Posvar Hall 230 S Bouquet St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Decolonization and the Expansion of Tax Havens

Prize-winning historian Vanessa Ogle (UC Berkeley) will deliver the first of four lectures in this year's Atlantic History Seminar dedicated to the theme "Global Capitalism." The title of her talk is "Funk Money: Decolonization and the Expansion of Tax Havens, 1950s-60s"

Future events include:

  • Priya Satia (Stanford), "Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution" (Oct. 22, 4:30-6:00pm, 602 Cathedral of Learning)
  • Francesca Trivellato (Institute for Advanced Study), "Commerce and Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe" (Oct. 29, 4:30-6:00pm, 3703 Posvar Hall)
  • Jason W. Moore, "Spaceships, Slaveships, and the Capitalocene Imaginary: Nature, Inequality and Capital in the Making of Planetary Crises, 1450-2020" (Mar. 18, 4:30-6:00pm, 3703 Posvar Hall)

Monday, October 1 at 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

History Department Lounge, 3703 Wesley W. Posvar Hall 230 S Bouquet St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

University Unit
Department of History

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