On the Bronze Age of Globalization in the Gulf

Join us for a lecture by Professor Georgi Derluguian, who will delve into the history of the Gulf as a strategic commodity exporter. Professor Georgi will also share his insights on how globalization and transnational movements have influenced both modern and historic statehood and state formation. The lecture will include an overview of global economic history, the nature of trade between East and West in the past, and the shifts in globalization that have shaped its conception today.

This lecture is part of the first volume of Fiker Institute’s Public Lecture Series, “Diplomacy, Power, & Globalization.” It will be open to the public, with registration at the entrance.

About the Lecturer

Georgi Derluguian has been a Professor of Social Research at the New York University in Abu Dhabi since 2011. Originally a 1985 graduate of Moscow State University (Russia), he has worked at various universities in the United States and Europe: Binghamton, Cornell, Bordeaux, Michigan, and Northwestern. Professor Derluguian’s scholarly books earned prestigious awards including the Norbert Elias Prize, Carnegie Scholar of Vision, the Times Books of the Year (2006), and the American Sociological Association. His books are translated into 17 languages including Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, Turkish, and German. Currently, Professor Derluguian directs an international scholarly effort to study the first Bronze Age globalization during the 21st-12th centuries B.C.E. (Before Common Era). His main area is macro-historical sociology.