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“Free/unfree labour” Workshop, June 8-10, Paris
FREE/UNFREE LABOR: LOCAL CONSTRAINTS AND GLOBAL DYNAMICS. AFRICA, EUROPE, ASIA, 16TH CENTURY TO PRESENT DAYS Program has been modified on April 22 (locations have changed): June 8-9 : Collège de France, 52, rue du Cardinal Lemoine (Paris 5) June 10 … Continued
GHC Int’l Research Group/GDRI
The GHC International Reasearch Group (GRDI), placed under the supervision of the CNRS, is a pivotal component of Global History Collaborative. Full descriptions of the GDRI project can be acces here (in English) and here (in French)
Desertion and Mobility in Global Labor History [Call for papers]
Call for Papers: Runaways: Desertion and Mobility in Global Labor History, c. 1650-1850 22-23 October 2015, Amsterdam, International Institute of Social History Department of History, University of Pittsburgh Early modern globalization depended on the mobility and work of millions of workers … Continued
Work and Non-Work in Global Perspective
Work and Non-Work in Global Perspective. Resonances, Connections, Contradictions, Seoul (Korea), August 2015 The international research centre IGK Work and Human Life Cycle in Global History (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and the Preparatory Committee of ‘Institute of Critical Transnational Studies’ and … Continued
Global History Student Conference [call for papers]
GLOBAL HISTORY STUDENT CONFERENCE APRIL 24TH-25TH 2015, BERLIN Call for papers (deadline: 1st of March 2015 on globalhistorystudentconference) “In recent years, global history has become one of the most ambitious and most promising strands of historical research. The approach specifically targets relations, … Continued
1st GHC Summer School Tokyo/2015
Global History Collaborative First Annual Summer School September 7-13, 2015 – Tokyo Overall Title: The Question of Scale in Global History Concept and Objective: In global history studies that are not entrenched in the conventional frameworks of historical research, it … Continued
A world history of Africa
The Todai group will organize a conference on the history of Africa in world history (in Japanese) on January 25, 2015. More information at http://coretocore.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/events/2014/12/post.html
Two recent Books by A. Stanziani
We are glad to announce the publication of two recent books by Alessandro Stanziani: Sailors, Slaves, and immigrants. Bondage in the Indian Ocean World, 1750-1914, by Alessandro Stanziani (Palgrave McMillan, Sept. 2014) see on the publisher’s webpage Presentation Slaves, convicts, indentured immigrants, and … Continued
[heSam] “Travail libre/Travail forcé” January Conference
We are glad to announce the first Conference of the NEXT-heSam project entitled: “Travail libre/travail forcé. Contraintes locales et dynamiques globales. Afrique, Europe, Asie, du XVe siècle à nos jours”. On : January 9 and 10, 2015 At : Institut des Mondes Africains … Continued
Brill Series for the global history of slavery
Brill is annoucing the forthcoming series entited “Studies in Global History“. For more information : http://www.brill.com/forthcoming-series-studies-global-slavery Edited by Damian Alan Pargas, Leiden University, and Jeff Fynn-Paul, Leiden University As an institution in which human beings were held captive and accorded the … Continued
Partner website: Bondage and Environment
Among the various projects linked to Global History Collaborative, we would like to point to the “Bondage and Environment” project dedicated to the hstory of bondage in Asia and the Ocean World. This project explores the relationship between historical (since the … Continued
New GHC website, University of Tokyo 新しい世界史
We are glad to announce the opening of the University of Tokyo GHC website. Please have a look at the following address : http://coretocore.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ “This is a challenging academic project to produce a new perception of world history through discussions among … Continued
Announcing GHC first Summer School in Tokyo
Global History Collaborative will held its first summer school in Tokyo, Monday 7 – Friday 11 September 2015 at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo The topic of this summer school is : The Question of … Continued
Berlin Workshop : Is Global History Truly Global (4-6 Dec.)
Workshop „Is global history truly global: Positionality of historians“ Berlin, 4 – 6 December: Venue: International Research Center „Work and Human Life Course in Global History (re:work)“ Humboldt University Berlin Like every other form of historiography, global history is invariably … Continued