From Silver to Crypto: Wealth and Finance in Global History

Fabrizio Borchi

Apr 29, 2025 — 1 min read

14 May 2025, Villa Salviati, Florence, Italy, and Zoom

This event, organised in the context of the CAPASIA and ECOINT research projects, features book presentations by Dennis Flynn (Pacific World History Institute) and Dariusz Wojcik (National University of Singapore).

Early capitalisms and the textile sector (1650-1850)

05 March 2025, Villa Salviati, Florence, Italy Workshop jointly organised by Léa Meyer (Université de Genève) and Freek Loves (EUI), with contributions from the The Fabric of Profit (Université de Genève) and CAPASIA - The Asian Origins of Global Capitalism (EUI) research projects. Early capitalisms and the textile sector (1650-1850)

The forbidden fruit of paradise? The ‘discovery’ of the coco de mer, Seychelles' treasured national symbol

Tourists holidaying in the paradise islands of the Seychelles often like to be photographed holding a giant nut or seed, the coco de mer. This double coconut, known as the coco de mer, is the national symbol of the Seychelles, and an endangered species, that successive governments have been trying

Longing for the lost Inde Francaise: Ananda Ranga Pillai, the comptoir of Pondichery and French colonial nostalgia

In 1870, a French colonial administrator in Pondichery, Francois-Nicolas Laude, published a brief history of the 1748 siege of the French enclave by British troops during the First Carnatic War (1740-1748), entitled Dupleix. Le Siège de Pondichéry en 1748. Extrait des Mémoires inédits de Rangapoullé, divan de la compagnie des

Conference ‘Commodities and Environments in Early Modern Global Asia'

On 13-15 November 2024, CAPASIA organised the conference ‘Commodities and Environments in Early Modern Global Asia, 1400–1800’ in Florence. The conference examined the relationship between environments and commodities, focusing on the environmental impacts of commodity extraction, production, and trade during this period. Click here for a link to the

14 May 2025, Villa Salviati, Florence, Italy, and Zoom

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Early capitalisms and the textile sector (1650-1850)

The forbidden fruit of paradise? The ‘discovery’ of the coco de mer, Seychelles' treasured national symbol

Longing for the lost Inde Francaise: Ananda Ranga Pillai, the comptoir of Pondichery and French colonial nostalgia

Conference ‘Commodities and Environments in Early Modern Global Asia'