Category: The Blog
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Sleuthing the Origins of “Global History”
History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another. —Max Beerbohm, 1896. Historians are often charged — sometimes correctly — with precipitously proclaiming a…
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The Contexts of Global History
Historians care about context. When setting out to explore any historical question, professional historians want some familiarity with the customs, institutions, social structure, economic system,…
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Workshop: Exploring Traditions: Sources for a Global History of Science, Cambridge, 30 November 2013
Exploring Traditions: Sources for a Global History of Science University of Cambridge 30 November 2013 http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/25203 CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3…
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H-Net Review Publication: Wu on Gabaccia, ‘Foreign Relations: American Immigration in Global Perspective’
Donna R. Gabaccia. Foreign Relations: American Immigration in Global Perspective. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. 288 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-13419-2. Reviewed by Judy T. Wu (Ohio State…
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AHA Annual Meeting Affiliated Society Session, Toynbee Prize Foundation
The Intersections of Global and Diplomatic History Toynbee Prize Foundation Saturday, January 4, 2014: 11:30 AM-1:30 PM Calvert Room (Omni Shoreham) Chair: David Ekbladh, Tufts University Papers:…
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Empires, bureaucracies and religion arise from war
Computer simulation shows that conflict fueled political consolidation in ancient and medieval history. War drove the formation of complex social institutions such as religions and…
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Visiting Scholar in World History at Pitt, 2014-2014
Visiting Scholar, 2014-2015. The World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh (www.worldhistory.pitt.eduhttp://www.worldhistory.pitt.edu>) solicits applications for the position of Visiting Scholar with PhD for the…
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Forum: Globalizing Early Modern German History
Driven by a leitmotif of our own times, globalization, historians are increasingly conducting their research under the aegis of ‘global’ or ‘world’ history. This history no longer…
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Some Reflections on the Nature of Global History
During the 1990s, when the term “global history” started becoming more popular within academic circles, quite a number of scholars expressed great reservations against this field.…
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Announcing ‘The Great War and Global History’ conference, Oxford 9-10 January 2014
‘The Great War and Global History’ conference 9-10 January 2014 Maison Française, Oxford A two-day conference hosted by the Oxford Centre for Global History, Changing…