Talks
Holding it Together: Making, Maintaining and Mending from the Early Modern to the Present
‘Holding it Together’, a two-day symposium taking place in late June 2026, addresses this gap, bringing together makers and scholars of material culture to co-create new and robust concepts of lastingness rooted in both historical understanding and contemporary practice.
Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market
Tue 11 February 2025
Newnham College
Tuesday 11 February: 5pm to 6.30pm
Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market
Public Lecture by Professor Adam Hanieh, chaired by Professor Helen Bao.
Adam Hanieh is Professor of Political Economy and Global Development at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, and Joint Chair in Middle East Studies at the Institute of International and Area Studies at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Helen Bao is Professor of Urban Economics and Public Policy at the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Newnham College.
Organised with the Centre for South West Asian and North African Studies, University of Cambridge.
Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College
Lecture followed by refreshments.
Cost: Free