Category: Interviews
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Writing Global Ecological History ‘From Below’: An Interview with Gregory Cushman
Greg Cushman, Associate Professor of International Environmental History, University of Kansas. Photo: Brian Hamilton To further our understanding of the development of industrial capitalism over the…
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Protectionism and Empire: An Interview with Marc-William Palen
The last twenty-four months have witnessed world-wide dissent against the current regime of trade liberalisation. The United States disengaged from the North American Free Trade…
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Reintegrating Apartheid into Post-War Global History: An Interview with Jamie Miller
In 1975, South African Prime Minister John Vorster met with Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda at Victoria Falls. The purpose of the meeting? To end white…
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Hesitant Hegemony for China and the US? An Interview with Lixin Wang
Speculation is mounting that the United States, with Donald Trump cast in the role of president, will step back from the world stage, and China…
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Time and Space in the History of Globalism: An Interview with Or Rosenboim
In December 1945, a group of intellectuals and academics met in Chicago to devise a world constitution. Just a few months earlier, the United States…
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The 1970s in Arab-American Perspective: An Interview with Salim Yaqub
In recent months, a young and charismatic Arab-American doctor running for governor of Michigan has stirred up US politics. The son of Arab immigrants in…
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How to Start an Empire: An Interview with Steven Press
Open a world map. Chances are it carves the world into a multi-colored jigsaw of national territories. We’re used to thinking of the contemporary international…
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A Muslim Cosmopolis, Or, the Individual and the Nation in Global History: An Interview with Seema Alavi
People tend to assume the origins of contemporary events, alliances and disagreements belong to the recent if not the immediate past. Recent news articles highlight…
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Acts of Faith: Talking Religion, Law, and Empire with Dr. Anna Su
Religious freedom is back in the news. Just last week, the State Department released its report on religious freedom for 2017. Speaking at its unveiling,…
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Of Prostitution and Port Cities: A Conversation with Liat Kozma
Prostitution may be considered the world’s oldest profession, but its practice and regulation has been far from fixed throughout history. As Dr. Liat Kozma explores…