Markets of Pain: Poppy Politics and the Global Origins of the American Opioid Crisis (Agrarian Studies Colloquium)

Benjamin Siegel (Boston University, Department of History) will discuss ”Markets of Pain: Poppy Politics and the Global Origins of the American Opioid Crisis.” 11am - 1pm. Lunch to follow. 

The core of the Agrarian Studies Program’s activities is a weekly colloquium organized around a theme: “Hinterlands, Frontiers, Cities, and States: Transactions and Identities.” 

Invited specialists send papers in advance that are the focus of an organized discussion by the faculty and graduate students associated with the colloquium.

For more information, visit the Agrarian Studies Colloquium webpage.