If you are in Manchester (UK) on March 26, come join me for a talk on global capitalism. events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

The Department of History Guest Research Seminar will host Professor Sven Beckert (Harvard University) for a book talk on his new publication, 'Capitalism: A Global History'. 📅 Thur 26 Mar ⏰ 5-6.30pm 📍 Sam Alex SG.16 🎟️ Free – No booking required More info: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

»In gewisser Weise hat sich das Kapital im späten 20. Jahrhundert vom Nationalstaat emanzipiert, während die Gewerkschaften und die sozialdemokratischen und sozialistischen Parteien weiterhin darin verhaftet geblieben sind«, sagt der Historiker Sven Beckert im Gespräch mit Loren Balhorn.

Sven Beckert’in “Kapitalizm”i ya da “Nobel” Masallarında Anlatılmayanlar (I) katmanportal.com/sven-beckert...

Historian here very much looking forward to this talk at Eastern Michigan today. Join us if you can Michigan folks! #theriseandfallofthesecondamericanrepublic

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. www.versobooks.com/products/343...

Danke, Loren Balhorn, für dieses spannende Interview zu Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution. jacobin.de/artikel/kapi...

Danke, Loren Balhorn, für dieses spannende Interview zu Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution. jacobin.de/artikel/kapi...

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.

🎙️ 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. youtu.be/9_ndeCl2Irc?...

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!

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!

🏆 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.

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 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

A v good review by a centre right politician:- Paschal Donohoe on Capitalism, A Global History by Sven Beckert: Demanding but magisterial www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Paschal Donohoe on Capitalism, A Global History by Sven Beckert: Demanding but magisterial

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.

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.

Thank you, Ralph Nader, for this conversation on Capitalism: A Global History open.substack.com/pub/ralphnad...

Thank you, Ralph Nader, for this conversation on Capitalism: A Global History open.substack.com/pub/ralphnad...

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.

this 42 hour audiobook on capitalism is a no-skips listen

Interested in snagging a copy of this

🌍🎙️ 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 forthright.media/2026/01/23/s...

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

willkommen auf der welt

Harvard-Professor Sven Beckert erzählt, welch alter Hut der Kapitalismus in Wahrheit ist – schon bei Balzac begegnen wir den Vorläufern der Klickökonomie. Fünf Lektionen über den Kapitalismus, die in Büchern aus drei Jahrhunderten stecken (F+)

Have you always wanted to listen to a conversation between @svenbeckert.bsky.social and myself about his new book? Well, now you can, thanks to @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social #RhodesCenter podcast!

Maravillosa reseña del libro de Sven Beckert: una historia extraordinaria del sistema económico que controla nuestras vidas: «Ninguna religión, ideología ni filosofía ha sido jamás que abarque como la lógica económica del capitalismo» www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

A review of Sven Beckert’s Capitalism. “‘No religion, no ideology, no philosophy, has ever been as all-encompassing as the economic logic of capitalism,’ Beckert claims, defining it as ‘the ceaseless accumulation of privately controlled capital.’” [theguardian.com]

Feine Rezension von Kapitalismus von Sven Beckert. Dass er die Ölkrisen in den 70+80ern gar nicht im ZusHang mit der Durchsetzung des Neoliberalismus sieht, fiel mir im 2h-Gespräch mit Tilo auch auf. Ne Denklücke? Krisen sind doch👍für Rollgriff in Pleitefirmen u machen reiche Psychopaten mächtiger 1

Über nichts lässt sich so gut streiten wie über den Kapitalismus, sagt der Historiker Sven Beckert. Sein Buch zu dessen Geschichte räumt mit Mythen über dieses Wirtschaftssystem auf – kommt seine globale Dominanz gerade an ihr Ende? (F+) 🔗 www.freitag.de/autoren/der-... 📝 Julius Seibt

On The Lede this week, Sven Beckert joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social  to discuss his new book, “Capitalism: A Global History,” taking in the Yemeni city of Aden, ancient Baghdad and China’s Guangzhou along the way.

This seems relevant to our contemporary moment. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“Often capitalism is thought of as a kind of conservative way of organizing the world. But in reality, capitalism is perhaps the most impactful revolution in economic life that ever unfolded on planet Earth.” Sven Beckert joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on the latest episode of The Lede.

«Der Niedergang des Neoliberalismus birgt auch Chancen» Das grosse Interview mit Harvard-Wirtschaftshistoriker @svenbeckert.bsky.social, Autor des eben erschienenen Buches „Kapitalismus. Geschichte einer Weltrevolution.“ #Kapitalismus #Imperialismus @republik.ch www.republik.ch/2026/01/19/s...

Eine schóne Besprechung von Kapitalismus: Geshichte einer Weltrevolution. jacobin.de/artikel/beck...

Die nächsten 2 Jahre noch nix vor? Dann 1000 Seiten von Sven Beckert lesen und ~🌐Geschichte der letzten 1000 Jahre und des Kapitalismus neu entdecken. Hätt ja Lust drauf. Alas time is money. Dann halt Sven bei Tilo Jung 3h zuhören. Und die interessante Buchkritik lesen. Macht noch mehr Lust aufs📖.

Kapitalismus & Geschichte. Nicht frontal, sondern im Austausch, Sven Beckert & Tilo. Also kein Vorlesungscharakter, aber schön. So gedacht: ohne Kapitalismus zu definieren, kann man doch sein Ende nicht erkennen. Marx sah das Ende, sobald ganz wenige alles besitzen, oder? Also nach der nä 🌐Krise...😁

Really looking forward to tomorrow’s roundtable on Plantation Goods with @sethrockman.bsky.social @aishadjelid.bsky.social @sallytuckett.bsky.social @apeikeumolu.bsky.social @johnmunro.bsky.social All welcome! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/round...

Sven Beckert: Capitalismo clionauta.hypotheses.org/51784