The Toynbee Prize Foundation contributes to the development of the social sciences, as defined from a broad historical view of human society and of human and social problems.
Recent publications
Julia Ann Clancy-Smith, Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, C. 1800-1900 (University of California Press, 2011).
Maria Koundoura, Transnational Culture, Transnational Identity: The Politics and Ethics of Global Culture Exchange (I. B. Tauris, 2012).
Latest from the
Global History Forum
Jan 12, 2013
Globalization: An Agenda
Globalization: An Agenda by Bruce Mazlish It is now widely recognized that ours is a global age. One of the first to perceive and then describe this “happening” was the sociologist Martin Albrow, in his book with the title The Global Age.Since its appearance, in 1996 numerous studies have been published. [...]
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New Diplomatic History Blog
Mar 20, 2013
Diplomatic figures
Not to turn this blog into a series of obituaries, but two fascinating diplomatic figures have died recently. One of them is probably known of this blog’s readership: the French Stéphane Hessel, who passed away late February; the other certainly less so: the Finn Max Jakobson, who died on March [...]
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