SHOCS in short
At the Social History of Capitalism Seminars (SHOCS), we discuss new and groundbreaking work in the field of social and economic history. We welcome researchers from different disciplines and universities to create a forum for stimulating historical debate on the long history of capitalism, its effects and contestation. In these debates, we encourage discussion in a global perspective, and aim to complement and contrast our own interests with those of others. Researchers are invited to present their latest research and SHOC members and external participants offer feedback and ask questions. In doing so, we aim to broaden the range of expertise and input to include a multitude of complementary perspectives and voices.
The seminars take place on every first Monday of the month during the academic year, between August and December, and between February and July.
If you are interested to present or attend to one or more seminars, please send a mail to SHOC@vub.be.
SHOCS of Academical Year 2023-24
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Ann McCants (MIT) & Bas Spliet (UAntwerpen / VUB)
A Uniquely Comprehensive Social View of Eighteenth-Century Amsterdam
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Auke Rijpma (Utrecht University)
Migration for necessity or proficiency: The Netherlands, 1750-1920
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Samuël Coghe (Ghent University)
(Post)Colonial Cattle Frontiers: Capitalism, Science and Empire in Southern and Central Africa, 1890s-1970s
Practical info-SHOC seminar with Maarten Couttenier
"Anthropology and Race in Belgium and the Congo (1839-1922)"
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Elise Elise Van Nederveen Meerkerk (Utrecht University)
“Human Beings Are Too Cheap in India”: Wages and Work Organization as Business Strategies in Bombay’s Late Colonial Textile Industry.
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Peter Wilson (University of Oxford)
"Urban Hubs in Europe’s Fiscal-Military System, 1530-1870"
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Judy Stephenson (University College London)
"Wages before Machines: The microeconomics of solving the wage puzzle of the Industrial Revolution"
