The USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities “Sites of Inquiry” research group and the Van Hunnick History Department invites Susan Zieger to give a lecture and lead a discussion about the pervasive structures of logistical power. The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, the Cent…

Susan Zieger explains how logistics, originating in the slave trade and military strategy, evolved into a hidden but powerful system shaping global commerce, culture, and everyday life. The conversation highlights the human and environmental costs behind efficient supply chains and shows how logisti…

A panel of experts, Jaime Acosta Gonzalez (UC Riverside), Paul Apostolidis (London School of Economics and Political Science), and Brett Neilson (University of Sydney) discuss Susan Zieger’s Logistics and Power. Introduced by Dylan Rodriguez (UCR) and sponsored by UCR’s Center for Ideas…

Susan Zieger, the author of Logistics and Power, joins the Futurists to share her insight about global trade and control. Global trade and logistics requires a hierarchy of control to ensure timely, reliable delivery. That’s why power is an emergent principle of the global supply chain. For Zieger,…