WIGH Seminar: Murari Jha," Ganga Global: Implications of the Ganga (Ganges) River’s Integration with the Global Maritime Economy during the Early Modern Period (c. 1600–1800)"

"Ganga Global: Implications of the Ganga (Ganges) River’s Integration with the Global Maritime Economy during the Early Modern Period (c. 1600–1800)"
Murari Jha, WIGH Fellow; Assistant Professor, School of Historical Studies, Nalanda University, India.
Commentator: Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies and Professor of History, Harvard University

This graduate-faculty research seminar is designed to bring together interested faculty and students on a continuing basis to cover topics on global history. It is part of History 2950A, Approaches to Global History, and includes both reading sessions designed for graduate students and research sessions open to the interested public during which students and faculty participants will present current research. Faculty participants will be drawn from a number of schools, and, most especially, from the group of fellows in global history who are spending the academic year 2018/19 at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History. Discussions will be moderated by Professors Sven Beckert, Charles S. Maier, and Sugata Bose.

Papers will be pre-circulated and are available by request to jbarnard@fas.harvard.edu one week ahead of time.