Talking Ed’s Seminar
- Tuesday 17 February, from 5.30pm to 6 45 pm,
- Garden Room, with Prof Patrick Griffin and Dr Giorgio Caselli.
- Tea, coffee, and nibbles will be served at 5:30 pm.
- Free to attend, open to all
Prof Patrick Griffin will speak on “Prizefighting and Global History? An Unconventional Connection”
This talk will introduce a book just completed and in-press about one prizefighter who travelled the world in the early nineteenth century. It will explore the critical role fighting played in creating a global system in a world increasingly defined by empire, democratic participation, free trade and movement, and industrial development.
Professor Griffin is Madden-Hennebry Professor of History at University of Notre Dame, and a Bye-Fellow of St Edmund’s. He has just completed a book to be published next year on prizefighting and global history. He has written widely on the Atlantic world in the eighteenth century. His most recent book is The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected World with Yale University Press (2023).
Dr Giorgio Caselli will speak on “The Economic Geography of the Cambridge Phenomenon”
Cambridge is a hotspot for groundbreaking science and innovation that contributes to addressing global societal challenges. In this talk, we will take a deep dive into the evolution of the Cambridge Phenomenon over the last decade, in particular examining how clusters of science and high-tech businesses have spread spatially in key science campuses. The research findings show that the Cambridge Phenomenon continues to intensify and expand into new locations, while highlighting the need for careful planning to support sustainable economic development across the city region.
Dr. Caselli is a business economist based at the Centre for Business Research, Cambridge Judge Business School. His research explores the role of firms in sustainable economic development, with a particular emphasis on the Cambridge science and high-tech cluster. Giorgio worked at Deloitte’s Global Financial Services Industry and completed his PhD in Financial Economics at Cranfield University. His research has been published in several academic and practitioner journals such as the Cambridge Journal of Economics, Financial Review and SUERF Policy Notes.