Professor of History and International Affairs and the Claude and Lore Kelly Professor of European Studies, Princeton University
Harold James, born in Bedford in 1956, is a British historian specialising in German history and European economic history. He is Professor of History at Princton University. Early in his career, James focused on modern German history, particularly the economic and financial history of the interwar period. His most notable contributions include a study of the Deutsche Bank, an investigation of the role of the Reichsbank in the expropriation of Jewish assets during the Nazi period, and a study of German identity. Harold James has recently written extensively on the economic consequences of globalisation, with a particular emphasis on comparison with earlier attempts at globalisation that led to the Great Depression (from 1929).
Wednesday, 31. October 2012, 18:15 – 20:00 h
At the University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich, KOL-G-201 (Aula)
What problems did and does the euro want to solve? The new currency was not just a political project to promote peace in Europe. It was also intended to help resolve the difficulties of different currencies within a world that was growing together. The euro thus became an important means of transport for globalisation. However, the fate of global integration will now largely depend on whether and how the crisis associated with the euro can be overcome.