Locating the Global – Connecting the Local
Apr 15, 2017: CFP deadline: ESSHC 2018, The World History Network especially encourages the submission of panels that make comparisons across either times or spaces in a truly global manner; nevertheless, we also welcome a well-argued selection of case studies. 4.4–7.4, 2018, Belfast, Northern Ireland http://www.connections.clio-online.net/event/id/termine-32715
Apr 30, 2017: CFP deadline: Summer school “Making and Changing Spaces of Action under the Global Condition”, Leipzig, Germany 12 to 15 June 2017. Open brochure here.
May 2, 2017: study circle: Arjun Appadurai, Modernity at large
May 16, 2017: seminar: Ph.D. Kalle Kananoja (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies): “Practicing Global Natural History in Atlantic Africa, 1650-1800”
June 15-16, 2017: workshop: Locating the Global.
September 19, 2017: study circle: Conrad, Sebastian, What is Global History, Princeton: Princeton University Press 2016. Related link: http://toynbeeprize.org/global-history-forum/global-history-as-past-and-future-a-conversation-with-sebastian-conrad-on-what-is-global-history/
October 17, 2017: study circle :Harvey, David, 1991 The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change. London: Wiley-Blackwell. Useful links: http://davidharvey.org/ http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/presentations/w10/harvey/reading-notes/summary-single.html
November 7, 2017: seminar: Docent Stefan Eklöf Amirell (Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö): “Intermediaries in Imperial Expansion: Connections and Encounters on the US Frontiers, 1876-1916”. Auditorium Radiatorn at 15.30-17.00.
In this session we are going to discuss two new articles on the spatial turn. The first text focuses on the ‘hybrid turn' and the second on ‘mobilities turn'.
(Seminar in Swedish) Joachim Östlund (Lund University): Vi har mötts förr: Muslimska sändebud och kungliga tolkar i 1700-talets Norden Auditorium Radiatorn (or alternatively in Voltaire (M127))