In the Masterclass, Professor Riello will discuss writing for a broad audience, on the basis of his just published, Luxury: A Rich History (Oxford, 2016)

Giorgio Riello was trained as an economic historian, with a focus on material culture and the history of technology. After his work on the transformation of Italian and European industry in the eighteenth century, he turned to global history, becoming founding director of the Centre for Global History and Culture at Warwick University, one of the world’s leading programs focusing on the global history of material culture. Professor Riello’s award-winning publications have ranged from the global history of cotton to south Asian textile production, to the global industry of shoe production.

*Will be followed by lunch. To RSVP, please write to history@columbia.edu

*This event is limited to Graduate Students*