Wiles Lecture Series
The Wiles Lectures were founded in 1953 by Mrs Austen Boyd of Craigavad, Co. Down, in memory of her father, Thomas S. Wiles of Albany, New York. Mrs Boyd generously endowed a trust fund to support an annual series of lectures at Queen's University Belfast ‘to promote the study of the history of civilisation and to encourage the extension of historical thinking into the realm of general ideas’.
The fund brings to Belfast each year an expert in a particular field of historical scholarship to deliver four lectures on successive days, related to the lecturer's research and reflecting on the wider implications of their work for historical understanding.
The Wiles Trust also supports other scholarly activities at Queen's, including a series of Wiles Colloquia on historical topics, convened by members of School staff.
Janet Boyd and the Wiles Lectures
For more information, contact the Chair of Trustees, Prof. Peter Gray
The Wiles Lectures 2025 will be given by Professor Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University
on the topic:
'Rethinking the History of Global Capitalism'
These four public lectures will be given in person at Queen's University Belfast on 28-31 May 2025.
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The capitalist revolution is the most impactful event of the past millennium. Recasting human life on Earth from its most intimate aspects to its largest structures, capitalism has turned our economies, societies and politics upside down. These lectures, based on the author’s just finished book, Capitalism: A Global History, explore important aspects of that history by considering the temporal and spatial structures of capitalism and charting some of the largest transformations within that astoundingly undogmatic, diverse and global way of organizing economic life. |
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| Lecture 1: | 'The Time of Capitalism' | Wed. 28 May, 5.00pm | Emeleus Lecture Theatre, Lanyon Building |
| Lecture 2: | 'Spaces of Capitalism' | Thu. 29 May, 5.00pm | Emeleus Lecture Theatre, Lanyon Building |
| Lecture 3: | 'Local Histories of Global Capitalism' | Fri. 30 May, 5.00pm | Emeleus Lecture Theatre, Lanyon Building |
| Lecture 4: | 'Capitalism's Shapeshifting' | Sat. 31 May, 11.00am | Emeleus Lecture Theatre, Lanyon Building |
These are free public lectures, open to the public. No registration is required. All welcome.
Dates: 28/05/2025 - 31/05/2025
Time: 5:00PM - 12:00PM
Location: Emeleus Lecture Theatre, Lanyon Building
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion