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Commodities of Empire

Other collaborating institutions are:

· Technology and Agrarian Development Group (Wageningen University, the Netherlands)

· Estudios Atlánticos (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)

· Instituto de Estudios del Caribe.

The following researchers are currently involved in the project:

· Vibha Arora (Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi)

· Jonathan Curry-Machado (Caribbean Studies Centre, London Metropolitan University)

· Roberto Davini (European University Institute, Florence)

· Humberto García Muñiz (Instituto de Estudios del Caribe, Universidad de Puerto Rico)

· Sandip Hazareesingh (Ferguson Centre, Open University)

· Deana Heath (Trinity College, Dublin)

· David Hyde (University of East London)

· Harro Maat (Technology and Agrarian Development Group, Wageningen University)

· Javier Márquez (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

· Kaori O’Connor (University College London)

· Ayodeji Olukoju (University of Lagos, Nigeria)

· Heather Scott (Ferguson Centre, Open University)

· Jean Stubbs (Caribbean Studies Centre, London Metropolitan University)

· Miguel Suárez Bosa (Estudios Atlánticos, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

Proyectos

Investigadores

Documentos

The collaborating researchers from the Ferguson Centre and the Caribbean Studies Centre are Sandip Hazareesingh, Jean Stubbs and Jonathan Curry-Machado.

The mutually reinforcing relationship between ‘commodities’ and ‘empires’ has long been recognised. Over the last six centuries the quest for profits has driven imperial expansion, with the global trade in commodities fuelling the ongoing industrial revolution.