Name: ColLab History Seminar: Michael Schmitz
Start: 2026-02-18T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-18T16:00:00+01:00

Wednesday, 18 February 2026

14:00 - 16:00

Meetingroom Campus 513 & online

Michael Schmitz (UniDistance Suisse) will present “Trading in Intermediary Spaces: A Swiss Trading Firm in Bahia’s Global Cacao Economy, 1914–1945”. A pre-circulated text will be made available to participants in advance.

To obtain the link for remote participation, please contact: Caroline Montebello.

The ColLab Seminar (Spring 2026) is a workshop-format seminar organised by the SNSF Project Group “Moral and Economic Entrepreneurship: A Collaborative History of Global Switzerland”, convened at UniDistance (Brig) and online. Sessions take place from 14:00–16:00 and are devoted to discussion of ongoing research in Swiss global history, colonialism and adjacent themes; the format prioritises pre-circulated texts and collegial, research-focused exchange.

ColLab History Seminar: Michael Schmitz

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