In collaboration with Italian, US-American, North-African and South-African partners, the Standing Working Group of the GHI Rome is studying “Genoese Merchant Networks in Africa and across the Atlantic Ocean (ca. 1450–1530)” and the importance of the circulation of people, objects and institutes between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic area.
Throughout the course of the research project the established narrative of the rise of capitalism in 18th-century Northern Europe will be critically scrutinised. The researchers will determine to what extent similar structures (including those independent of European influence) developed in the “Global South“.
The Max Weber Foundation promotes global research, focused on the areas of social sciences, cultural studies and the humanities. Our research is conducted at ten institutes in various countries across the globe with different and independent fields of focus. Through our globally operating institutes, we are able to contribute to the communication and networking between Germany and our host countries or regions. By promoting academic dialogue and merging academic and non-academic employees from several countries with different cultural backgrounds, the Max Weber Foundation is able to strengthen the internationalization of research.