Seminars

Student Presentations: "The World Market Origins of the New South: Tennessee, 1861-1900" Sanjay K. Paul, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University Commentator: Jaewoong Jeong, Postdoctoral Fellow, WIGH "For Whom Are These Words For?: Blood, Citizenship...

“'Survival in an Age of Revolution': Charles Malik, Imperial Sovereignty, and Global Counterrevolution" Nate George, Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Grad Student Commentator: Rustam Khan, PhD Candidate...

"Unequal Encounters: A Recurrent Dynamic of Global History" Moritz von Brescius , John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at the Center for European Studies and affiliate of the Weatherhead Center for Global Transformation/Initiative for Global History (WIGH)...

"Light Water Capitalism: Empires of Nuclear Things" Jayita Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University Grad Student Commentator: Marino Auffant, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University Faculty Commentator: Daniel...

"Global Rubber and the Temporalities of Ecological Imperialism" Moritz von Brescius, John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2021-2022, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Lecturer, University of Bern This...

“The Toxic Detritus of Industry Beyond Borders: The Hazardous Waste Trade Between West Germany, Turkey, and the Global South, 1986-1989” Matthew Sohm , Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University Faculty...

“Frontier Moves : A Global History of Emerging Markets” Ravinder Kaur , WIGH Fellow 2020-2021; Associate Professor of Modern South Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Faculty Commentator: Jeremy Friedman, Marvin Bower Associate Professor...

“Forged in Plain Sight: A Global History of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion” Faith Hillis, Professor of Russian History, University of Chicago Faculty Commentator: Derek Penslar , William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University...

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE FOR A FUTURE DATE. “Memory in a Global Era: Why Memory Debates Have Exploded Now” Sebastian Conrad , Global History University Professor, Freie Universität Berlin Faculty Commentator: Nate George...

“Modern Memories: The Public History of Industrial Heritage in Japan” Andrew Gordon , Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University Faculty Commentator: Sheldon Garon, Nissan Professor in Japanese Studies; Professor of History and...