Thomas S. Berry Lecture in Economic History
“Zone Fever and Anarcho-Capitalists: Rethinking the Recent History of the Global Economy”
Quinn Slobodian, Professor of International History, Boston University
We often hear that the Cold War’s end ushered in a borderless era of globalization which has only recently faced a backlash in a return to the nation. What if this storyline is wrong? This talk introduces the category of the zone to show how globalization operated through fragmentation and the backlash does too. Putting on "zone glasses" allows us to see much of the current politics of the far right as an acceleration of dynamics within global capitalism rather than its moderation or rejection.
Society of the Cincinnati Lecture
“Bolivar, U.S.A.: The United States in an Age of American Revolutions”
Caitlin Fitz, Associate Professor of History, Northwestern University
This lecture is drawn from Professor Fitz’s award-winning book Our Sister Republics, which recasts the early United States in the hemispheric dimensions of its time, showing how Latin America’s independence wars shaped early U.S. understandings of republicanism, race, and revolution.
*Light snacks and sodas/coffee will be available at 5:45 p.m. The lecture begins at 6 p.m.
"Militant Women: Hybridization of Normative Femininity in Public Discourse During Russia’s War Against Ukraine."
Oksana Kis, Cornerstones Distinguished Visiting Chair in History at the University of Richmond and head of the Department of Social Anthropology at the Institute of Ethnology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, will give a talk titled, “Militant Women: Hybridization of Normative Femininity in Public Discourse During Russia’s War against Ukraine.”
Light snacks and refreshments will be served after the talk.