Moritz von Brescius

Three generations of East India Company scholars—the wonderful Kirti N. Chaudhuri, Sugata Bose, and Meike von Brescius—discuss the state of the art and "Lost Addresses", a true gem of Calcutta cultural history and Bose family memoir, with Indian political scientist Sumantra Bose.

An excellent 4-year PhD position is available in Bern. See here for details: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs…

Truly exciting conference going on in Basel: “New Global Histories of Capitalism & the Environment”! It also celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History at Harvard. Stay tuned for the publication

Call for Applications: Editors-at-Large Join our team to gain exposure to one of the most vibrant fields in the discipline today, while participating in, covering, and staying up-to-date with new debates, conversations, and movements in global history. toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-for…

If you're in the Basel area, come to the book launch of Corey Ross's Liquid Empire (Princeton 2024) tonight, in conversation with the wonderful Julia Adeney Thomas. At 6pm in the Orangerie of the Institute for European Global Studies: europa.unibas.ch/de/aktuelles/v…

We're hiring even more @UniBasel_en ! 1 Postdoc position (5 years!) in my Consolidator Grant project "The Battle of Materials"! Please share with colleagues and friends: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen…

📢 Job alert! We're hiring! Come work with me @UniBasel_en   📢  1 fully-funded PhD position (4 years) in my Consolidator project "The Battle of Materials"! Check it out and spread the word: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen…

Presenting a new project with the wonderful Fredrik A. Jonsson (Chicago U) at the New Anthropocene Centre in Stockholm today -- come along if you're in the area to discuss "The Long Acceleration: Rethinking the Historical Causes of the Planetary Emergency" kth.se/anthropocenehi…

Researching on the global history of capitalism? Check out this postdoc opportunity at Harvard. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14452

FOMO ALERT!!! I highly recommend applying to Harvard's Center for European Studies -- they have several excellent visiting scholar programs: deadlines are coming up. ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunities/…

Happening now: international EMPIRE & ENVIRONMENT event with wonderful colleagues from Europe, Asia and the USA, partly on ZOOM,@AGF,@Unibonn,@unibasel,@unibern,@snf,@plantationocene,@anthropocene. Come and join!

Excited to discuss the relationship between “Capitalism and Nature” with a brilliant group feat. Corey Ross, Laura Rischbieter and others at @UniBasel, @anthropocene, @BaselHistory, @Europainstitut, @unibern. Join us!

What is meant by “COLONIAL COLLECTIONS”? A set of artefacts necessarily acquired through coercion, plunder and violence? I unpacked these notions for a blockbuster museum exhibition “Colonialism in Things”, soon to open in Munich. Check it out open access: academia.edu/125306891/Bres…

Interested in Labor and Political Economy in American History? Apply for these great opportunities at Harvard. warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu/2025-26-facult…

I can highly recommend this fully funded PhD programme, you'd be working with a top faculty in a beautiful environment; do apply!

Thrilled to announce that I was awarded a SNSF Consolidator Grant on the origins of excessive resource consumption in the C20. Will start @UniBasel in 2025. Most grateful to my colleagues @unibern for having my back during 6 years & looking forward to working with a new team

Fantastic discussions without the conspiracy of consensus, warm sociability and generous collegiality. Concluding Dinner of the Bern workshop on "Asian Borderlands" (and the Future of Global History) with participants from 4 continents. Good times

Ever heard of a guy who worked for FIVE DIFFERENT EMPIRES in five decades?? From the Ottoman Empire to the Dutch East Indies to the Nazi Empire in Eastern Europe? Our article on the elusive E. Fickendey is now open access here: comparativ.net/v2/article/vie…

My review on @greggmitman's magisterial Empire of Rubber and Firestone's plantation protectorate in Liberia is now out:

It's out and access-free! Check our Biodiversity - Volume II of the Anthropocene in Latin America handbooks bielefeld-university-press.org/978-3-8376-701… with @OKaltmeier @lulaeller @reginahortadua2 @rodrigobulamah @dominichi @neilsaf and many more