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Colloquium
SoSe 16: Colloquium Global History
Sebastian Conrad, Michael Goebel
Comments
Requirements include regular attendance (of the 8 lecture sessions; the final workshop is not part of the requirements), and a short reflection paper (1200 words) that discusses 2-3 of the lectures by addressing a question or concern that they share.
25 April, Kiri Paramore (Leiden University) Confucian Fascism – A Global History
9 May, Dieter Langewiesche (Universität Tübingen)Warum überleben Monarchien? Zum Funktionswandel der Institution Monarchie seit dem 19. Jahrhundert in globalhistorischer Perspektive
23 May, Frederick Cooper (New York University)*Meet the author and discussion of: “Africa and Empire,” in: Frederick Cooper, Africa in the World: Capitalism, Empire, Nation-State, Cambridge, MA (Harvard University Press) 2014, 11-37.
30 May, David Armitage (Harvard University)“Civil War? What Does This Mean?” Mid-Nineteenth-Century Answers to a Nagging Question
June 6, Gergely Baics (Columbia University) The Social Geography of Near and Far: Built Environment and Residential Patterns in Mid Nineteenth-Century New York City
June 27, Kris Manjapra (Tufts University)* The Slave, the Apprentice, and the Coolie: The Problem of Freedom across the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean, 1830-1870
July 11, 5 p.m. 1) [Global Histories]: A Student Journal – Journal Release Roundtable 2) Conferring Ceremony: MA Global History Graduates
July 14 (Thursday) John Darwin (Oxford University) Unlocking the World? Port Cities and Globalisation, 1830-1930
July 15-16 internal workshop
* Pre-circulated paper; please write to globalhistory@fu-berlin.de for a copy. In these seminar sessions there will be no formal presentation, and we will immediately start the discussion of the text. close
25 April, Kiri Paramore (Leiden University) Confucian Fascism – A Global History
9 May, Dieter Langewiesche (Universität Tübingen)Warum überleben Monarchien? Zum Funktionswandel der Institution Monarchie seit dem 19. Jahrhundert in globalhistorischer Perspektive
23 May, Frederick Cooper (New York University)*Meet the author and discussion of: “Africa and Empire,” in: Frederick Cooper, Africa in the World: Capitalism, Empire, Nation-State, Cambridge, MA (Harvard University Press) 2014, 11-37.
30 May, David Armitage (Harvard University)“Civil War? What Does This Mean?” Mid-Nineteenth-Century Answers to a Nagging Question
June 6, Gergely Baics (Columbia University) The Social Geography of Near and Far: Built Environment and Residential Patterns in Mid Nineteenth-Century New York City
June 27, Kris Manjapra (Tufts University)* The Slave, the Apprentice, and the Coolie: The Problem of Freedom across the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean, 1830-1870
July 11, 5 p.m. 1) [Global Histories]: A Student Journal – Journal Release Roundtable 2) Conferring Ceremony: MA Global History Graduates
July 14 (Thursday) John Darwin (Oxford University) Unlocking the World? Port Cities and Globalisation, 1830-1930
July 15-16 internal workshop
* Pre-circulated paper; please write to globalhistory@fu-berlin.de for a copy. In these seminar sessions there will be no formal presentation, and we will immediately start the discussion of the text. close
Additional appointments
Mon, 2016-04-25 18:00 - 20:00 Mon, 2016-05-09 18:00 - 20:00 Mon, 2016-05-23 18:00 - 20:00 Mon, 2016-05-30 18:00 - 20:00 Mon, 2016-06-06 18:00 - 20:00 Mon, 2016-06-27 18:00 - 20:00 Mon, 2016-07-11 18:00 - 20:00 Thu, 2016-07-14 18:00 - 20:00 Fri, 2016-07-15 18:00 - 20:00 Sat, 2016-07-16 18:00 - 20:00