News & Events
December 3, 2025
My take on the history of U.S.-China soybean diplomacy and recent trade tensions.
January 15, 2025
Epicenter Podcast, episode 17: Conversation with Sven Beckert, Myles Lennon, Angélica Márquez-Osuna, and Rachel Steely on what the history of commodities can tell us about the transformation of the global countryside and the historical development of capitalism.
November 8, 2024
Presenting on the tropicalization of soy as part of a roundtable on “Mexican Commodity Frontiers and the Making of Knowledge."
"The Global Rise of Soy"
February 8, 2024
Presentation for the Weatherhead Scholars Program at Harvard University and invited guests.
"Invisible Giant: The Global Rise of Soy in the Twentieth Century"
March 30, 2023
Invited talk as part of the Duke Kunshan Seminar Series on Environment and History, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China.
