Conference: Intertwined textiles: Influence of Asian fabrics in the European cloth industry (ca.1200-1900) (Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, June 20th-21st 2024).

I’ll be giving a paper, “A Cheaper Shade of Scarlet: Chinese Consumers, the East India Company, and Global Product Research,” on the EIC’s efforts to engage a global network of dyers, chemists, and merchants to develop lac dye into a viable alternative to the expensive cochineal.