Today, March 10, is the publication day for the UK edition of my book *Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea*, by @versobooks.bsky.social . I’ll be in the UK the last two weeks of April. I'll post the dates/times of my book talks soon.
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Danke, Loren Balhorn, für dieses spannende Interview zu Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution.
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Danke, Loren Balhorn, für dieses spannende Interview zu Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution.
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If you are in Kingston, ON, join me tomorrow for the 2026 Nugent Lecture.
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Sven Beckert ist einer der renommiertesten Historiker unserer Zeit. Im Interview spricht er über sein neues Buch, eine Globalgeschichte des Kapitalismus, und darüber, warum er dieses Wirtschaftssystem nicht für das Ende der Geschichte hält.
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🎙️ New episode of Dondena Decode!
What is capitalism and how did it progressively emerge?
Andrea Colli (@bocconi.bsky.social) interviews @svenbeckert.bsky.social (Harvard University) on the historical evolution of capitalism! Listen now 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7cTV...
Please save the date to join us for our 2026 Nugent Lecture next Thursday, March 5th!
Professor Sven Beckert (Harvard) will be joining us for a talk titled "Capitalism: A Global History".
You can now watch the video version of our episode with Sven Beckert where he and #FnFpod hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social discuss the global history of capitalism.
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How did capitalism really begin—and why did it spread?
The latest episode of the EPH Podcast is a conversation with Sven Beckert on capitalism as a global historical process, not a natural outcome of markets.
▶️ YouTube: youtu.be/wn-7JQBwTDg?...
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4nZo...
Thank you Paschal Donohoe for this terrific review!
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Columbia University/Nieman Foundation Mark Lynton History Prize 2026 Shortlist
Sven Beckert, Capitalism: A Global History
Nicholas Boggs, Baldwin
William Dalrymple, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
Siddharth Kara, The Zorg
Martha A. Sandweiss, The Girl in the Middle
Thank you Paschal Donohoe for this terrific review!
21.02.2026 23:18 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0So proud that Capitalism: A Global History is among such distinguished books.
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🏆 Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard (@niemanfoundation.bsky.social) have announced the 2026 shortlists for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project, honoring outstanding works of American nonfiction in progress and in print.
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Paschal Donohoe on Capitalism, A Global History by Sven Beckert: Demanding but magisterial. Its more than 1,000 pages require sustained focus and stamina but it should not languish unread on dusty shelves
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We’re delighted to announce the society's 2026 Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by Prof Tyler Anbinder of George Washington University.
"The Surprising Socio-Economic Mobility of New York’s Great Famine Refugees"
Online, 4pm GMT (11am EST), Thurs. 5 Mar. 2026.
Register here: www.eshsi.org
Another very attractive job offer (only two years, alas) to join the Faculty of History in Cambridge!
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A v good review by a centre right politician:- Paschal Donohoe on Capitalism, A Global History by Sven Beckert: Demanding but magisterial
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Paschal Donohoe on Capitalism, A Global History by Sven Beckert: Demanding but magisterial
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Delighted to be giving the Betty Lou Hummel lecture at Johns Hopkins SAIS today, Nkrumah, Africa's independence era and the struggle for civil rights in the United States.
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On this day in 1759, 267 years ago, the radical abolitionist Benjamin Lay passed away at age 77. A hundred years before William Lloyd Garrison, Lay called for the immediate and complete abolition of slavery worldwide, with no payments to enslavers. Let us remember him. Art by Marco Lorenzetti.
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Thank you, Ralph Nader, for this conversation on Capitalism: A Global History
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Thank you, Ralph Nader, for this conversation on Capitalism: A Global History
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Happy to say, *The Many-Headed Hydra* (written with Peter Linebaugh, 2000), will appear soon in Greek, courtesy of Editions des Etrangers in Thessaloniki, “coming home” to the original source of the myth. David Brion Davis tried to murder the book but failed. This is its 12th language.
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Screen cap of audiobook listening for Capitalism by Sven Beckert
this 42 hour audiobook on capitalism is a no-skips listen
03.02.2026 16:01 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 1Interested in snagging a copy of this
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🌍🎙️ Capitalism as a global story
In episode 2 of Meet a Historian, Harvard Prof. @svenbeckert.bsky.social is joined by researchers Thomas Sørensen and Arina Fedorova to speak about his latest book and the necessity of writing about capitalism from a global perspective.
🎧 Listen it ➡️ loom.ly/Jv2Eiik
And more on Capitalism: A Global History
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I am delighted that this fascinating and enjoyable conversation with Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social
has posted. Sven is the author of the monumental (in many senses) Capitalism: A Global History, which was published last year.
What can the history of global capitalism reveal about today’s rising inequality? On this week’s Inequality Podcast, @svenbeckert.bsky.social joins @durlauf.bsky.social to trace capitalism’s rise to its expected demise.
🎧 Listen → bit.ly/45vFkaP
