AGOSTINO INGUSCIO is Lecturer in Economic History in the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Cape Town (SA). Since 2014 when he joined the University of Cape Town, he has been working towards the establishment of a research programme in Global Economic History. Inguscio obtained a BA in History from the University of Florence (2006), as well as a Master's of Science (2008) and DPhil (2013) in Economic History from the University of Oxford.