Study circle: Andrew Herod

Andrew Herod, Scale (978-0415349086; Routledge, 2010)

At our session we will not only discuss Herod’s book, especially his first (The Body) and last (The Global) chapters but also the new approach of global micro history introduced by the Warwick Global History and Culture Centre, https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ghcc/research/globalmicrohistory/scalesofhistory/

as well at the Institute for Transnational & Spatial History, School of History, University of St Andrews, http://transnationalhistory.net/doing/2016/02/15/scale-in-micro-history-and-global-history/

In addition, we will read and discuss Douai’s and Minard’s article from 2007 https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_RHMC_545_0007–global-history-connected-histories.htm