Events

The Capitalism Studies program was a co-sponsor of a one-day conference, “Comprehending Charlotte: Urban Complexities and the Future of Development in a New South City.” This event took place on Friday, April 29, 2002, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm, at the Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City, 320 E. 9th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202.  Co-sponsors  included the School of Architecture’s City Building Lab, the Urban Institute, and the Office […]

April 21, 2022, 10:00-11:15 am, in CHHS 376. Prof. Benjamin Park, Sam Houston State University, discussed religion and capitalism in the early USA. This event was arranged by UNC Charlotte history professor and interim chair of Africana Studies, Professor Christopher Cameron, in conjunction with his spring ’22 course on “The Market Revolution” in US history.

February 23, 2022: Prof. Justene Hill Edwards, University of Virginia, delivered a talk on Zoom, 4:00-5:30 pm, entitled, “Slavery, Race, and Capitalism in the Antebellum United States.” Dr. Edwards is the author of the new book Unfree Markets: The Slaves’ Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina (Columbia University Press, 2021). This event was arranged by UNC Charlotte history […]

On Friday, November 19, at 12:30-1:45 pm, in Cone 210A, we enjoyed a presentation and Q&A from Prof. Jake Rosenfeld, of Washington University St. Louis: “Look Who’s (Not) Talking: The Salary Taboo at Work.” Dr. Rosenfeld is the author of the books What Unions No Longer Do (Harvard University Press, 2014), and You’re Paid What You’re Worth, and Other Myths of the Modern […]