David Atkinson will give next seminar series talk

We are pleased to announce the theme of our next lunch talk, to be held on Wednesday, April 18 at 12:20. Professor David Atkinson (Purdue) will present his paper, “Imports, European Empires, and American Political Economy during the First World War.”

Atkinson received his Ph.D. in history from Boston University in 2010. His forthcoming book is entitled The Burdens of White Supremacy: Containing Asian Labor Migration in the British Empire and the United States. He is working on a new project that explores how Americans interacted with their growing commercial empire in the 19th century.