# Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Seminar #### calendar\_today Date and Time **November 1, 2021** 03:45PM - 05:45PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Zoom** "Climate Futures' Past: Insurance, Cyclones and Weather Knowledge in the Indian Ocean World" with **Debjani Bhattacharyya**, Associate Professor of History, Drexel University. "Climate Futures' Past: Insurance, Cyclones and Weather Knowledge in the Indian Ocean World" with **Debjani Bhattacharyya**, Associate Professor of History, Drexel University. Moderators: Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of History, and Charles S. Maier, Professor of History, Emeritus 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/B, 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 2021-2022 at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History. Discussions will be moderated by Professors Sven Beckert and Charles Maier. [Regi](https://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/global-history-seminar-debjani-bhattacharyya?delta=0)[ster](https://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/global-history-seminar-debjani-bhattacharyya?delta=0) in advance to receive the Zoom link and precirculated paper. Visit [the event page](https://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/global-history-seminar-debjani-bhattacharyya?delta=0) for more information. Contact: See also:- [ Social Sciences ](/research-areas/social-sciences) - [ University-Wide ](/school/university-wide) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://www.environment.harvard.edu/node/1419268/event-feed.ics) Copy link link