In this study circle session we will discuss pages 1–101 of Mbembe, Achille, On the Postcolony (2001), Berkeley: University of California Press.

In this session we will discuss: Comaroff, Jean and John, 2012 Theory from the South, or How Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa. Paradigm Press. Related link: https://culanth.org/fieldsights/268-theory-from-the-south

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 …

This study circle will discuss the topical essays debating the state of global history. Jeremy Adelman, 'What is global history now? (2017) https://aeon.co/essays/is-global-history-still-possible-or-has-it-had-its-moment Franz Fillafer, 'A World Connecting?' (History and Theory 56:1, 2017)

We are continuing the discussion with the following texts: Richard Drayton & David Motadel, 'Discussion: the future of global history', Journal of Global History 13 (2018). Angelika Epple, Calling for a Practice Turn in Global History: Practices as Drives of Globalization/s', History and Theory 57:3 (2018).

Philip J. Ethington, 'Placing the Past: 'Groundwork' for a Spatial Theory of History', Rethinking History 11:4 (2007) Roland Wenzlhuemer, 'Globalization, communication and the concept of space in global history', Historical Social Research 35:1 (2010) Leif Jerram, 'Space: A Useless Category for Historical Analysis?', History and Theory 52:3 (2013)