News from the Global History and Culture Centre
Tom Long's AHRC grant success for 'Latin America and the peripheral origins of nineteenth-century international order'
Congratulations to Dr Tom Long, University of 糖心TV and Dr Carsten-Andreas Schulz, Universidad Catolica, Chile, on their AHRC Standard Grant award for the project 鈥楲atin America and the peripheral origins of nineteenth-century international order鈥�
EUI Lecture series: CONNECTED HISTORIES OF CAPITALISM
Wednesdays in June, July and September, 16.00-17.30 (CEST), Via Zoom
Organizers: Giorgio Riello (HEC) and Glenda Sluga (EUI)
This series of talks organised by Giorgio Riello and Glenda Sluga (EUI) further the conversation on transnational and global histories of capitalism from 1500 to the present. Seven international scholars consider the connections and intersections between capitalism, politics, the history of empire and its legacies, environmental history, and public health.
All welcome! To register please contact Laura Borgese or follow the link for each event.
23rd Annual Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Lecture in Judaic Studies March 2, 2021 | Zoom
Carlo Ginzburg and Francesca Trivellato
This event was cosponsored by the Center for Italian Studies, the History Department, Italian at Penn, the Jewish Studies Program Kutchin Seminar Series, the Workshop in the History of Material Texts, and the Kislak Center for Special Collections.
Black Studies Reading Group
The Black Studies Reading Group offers a critical and creative space to discuss the work and writings of authors/activists of African descent. We are based in the History Department and open to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as staff and those outside of the university. Through virtual and (someday) 鈥榬eal鈥� meetings, we aim to build a community of people who want to be committed to critical engagement with Black intellectual production, in all its forms.
We will meet regularly to engage with readings and creative performances that deal with Black history, culture and politics. It is our intention to centre the long history of Black communities in Britain (and wider Atlantic region) as well as its its diverse diasporic articulations. We very much welcome your suggestions for readings, talks and events in this collaborative space! We particularly welcome students and staff of colour to join our group.
Drop us a line at: blackstudiesgroup@warwick.ac.uk.
Conveners: Profs Giancarlo Casale, Pieter M. Judson and Glenda Sluga
14-16 September 2021, via ZOOM
In the nearly half century since the EUI History Department was established, the contours of European history have shifted away from nation-based or comparative approaches. The department now defines itself a center for the study of Trans-national, Global and comparative history. All of these approaches are implicitly about creating a new history of Europe, but have they accomplished this goal? What is the outlook for the future of this project? This summer school is devoted to asking, 鈥淲hat is European History in the 21st Century?鈥� As historians call for the decolonization of history, and, simultaneously, face the historical distortions encouraged by resurgent populist nationalisms, reflection on the possibilities and problems of European history have never seemed more urgent. Should European history bring to the centre of its narratives, peoples and societies who are traditionally considered marginal to Europe? How can European History illuminate the global and transnational dynamics which have shaped the lives of differently situated Europeans?
The Summer School will combine discussion of methodological issues in global, transnational and comparative history with case studies by leading specialists from the European University Institute and other major universities.