The field of World History has been a growing area of scholarship and education over the last three decades. In focusing on the global impact and implications of colonialism, imperialism, the mercantile and industrial revolutions, as well as revolutionary resistance from the early-modern period to the present, World History provides a framework for understanding international capitalism, contemporary politics, and the relationship between economic systems and the dynamics of diverse societies.
This conference will examine the relationship between the historical roots of World History and its contemporary social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions.
We invite paper submissions on a range of topics related to World History and Historical Materialism and encourage papers on the following themes:
- Class and Global Developments
- Authoritarian Capitalism and Human Rights
- Empire, Imperialism, and Neo-colonialism
- Political Economy of Gender and Sexuality in Global Contexts
- Revolution and World History
- History of Communism and the International Left
- Postcolonialism, Eurocentricism and the Politics of World History
- Global Finance and Neo-Imperialism
- Race and Racism in World History
- Labour, Work, and the History of Migration
- Democratic and Popular Resistance to Global Capitalism
Confirmed Plenary Speakers
Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago
Karen Dubinsky, Queen's University
Rosemary Hennessy, Rice University
Rebecca Karl, New York University
Hyun Ok Park, York University
Mary Poovey, New York University
Alex Callinicos, King's College London
Amiya Bagchi, University of Calcutta
We welcome individual submissions as well as panel proposals. For individual papers, please send a 250-word abstract and a one-page CV (maximum); for panel proposals please send a 250-word panel abstract along with a 250-word paper abstract and one-page CV for each presenter.
Proposals can be submitted by email, fax, or mail to:
Tina Chen (chentm@ms.umanitoba.ca) / David Churchill
(d_churchill@umanitoba.ca)
Department of History, University College, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2M8.
Fax: 204-474-7914
Travel subsidies may be available for graduate students who present
papers at the conference.
Hosted by the Interdisciplinary Research Circle on Globalization and Cosmopolitanism and the Department of History at the University of Manitoba.
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/history/research_circle/events.htm