All over the world, historians are increasingly becoming interested in global and transnational history, systematically focusing on contacts, connections, transfers and mutual influences between regions and nations. Among the themes under study are historical patterns of trade, migration, war and conquest, as well as the flows of religious ideas, technology and other forms of knowledge and ideas. Historians can thereby contribute to the understanding of the development of globalization and the complex networks that have connected different states, peoples and cultural regions.

In particular, interest in global history is on the rise among younger researchers, who can be expected to contribute substantially to the field in the near future. With this in mind, the organizers welcome poster presentations from junior scholars (PhD students, postgraduate and early career researchers who have obtained their PhD within the last several years) that address themes in global and transnational history, with no chronological, geographical or thematic limitations. The purpose of the session is to enable early career scholars to present research projects that focus on global connections in one way or another.

Participants will have the opportunity to present their posters, meet with established scholars in the field of global and transnational history and receive comments on their projects. Each junior scholar project will be matched with a senior scholar, who each will comment on ca 5 projects. There will be room for 20–25 presentations, and the ambition is that delegates from all inhabited continents of the world shall participate.

Financial support for a few outstanding proposals by scholars from low-income countries may be available.

Proposals should be a maximum of 2,000 characters (300 words) and should be sent with a CV and a short biographical note to the organizer, Professor Gunlög Fur, gunlog.fur@lnu.se, to Secretary General Robert Frank: sgcish1@gmail.com and to John Hennessey