# WIGH SEMINAR: VANESSA OGLE, “ARCHIPELAGO CAPITALISM, OR WHAT TAX HAVENS TELL US ABOUT THE NATION-STATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY, 1870S-1980S" #### calendar\_today Date and Time **November 16, 2015** 04:00PM - 06:00PM EST Topic: “Archipelago Capitalism, Or What Tax Havens Tell Us About the Nation-State in the International Political Economy, 1870s-1980s” Speaker: [Vanessa Ogle](http://www.history.upenn.edu/people/faculty/vanessa-ogle), Julie and Martin Franklin Assistant Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania Commentator: [Neil Brenner](http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/neil-brenner.html), Professor of Urban Theory and Director of the Urban Theory Lab at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University Graduate Student Commentator: [Rephael Stern](http://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/rephael-stern), PhD Candidate in 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 2015/16 at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History. Discussions will be moderated by Professors Sven Beckert and Charles S. Maier. Papers will be precirculated and available on the [course website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/5445) (Harvard ID required) or by request to one week ahead of time. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are in the Lower Level Library, Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, from 4:00-6:00pm. See also:- [ Seminars ](/filter_by/seminars) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/754941/event-feed.ics) Copy link link