CFP: Revising the Geography of Modern World Histories (University of York, 9-10 February 2018)
Readers of the Global History blog may consider participating in " a forum to discuss the challenges and possibilities of writing multi-sited modern histories that encompass fully situated lives and local contexts". Please find below the call for proposals from the organizers of Revising the Geography of Modern World Histories to be held in York, UK, from 9 to 10 February, 2018.
The British Academy and the Department of History at the University of York invite submissions from early career researchers (ECRs) for a two-day workshop and public conference, "Revising the Geography of Modern World Histories," to be held in York, UK, from 9 to 10 February, 2018.
This international event responds to the recent boom in "global" history, providing a forum to discuss the challenges and possibilities of writing multi-sited modern histories that encompass fully situated lives and local contexts.
ECRs working on themes or in fields including but not limited to the below—as they relate to transnational or transregional history from the late 18th century to the present—are particularly encouraged to submit abstracts (maximum 250 words):
International political economy
History of empire
Political history
Social / labor history
Cultural history
Gender history
Environmental history
Critical geography
Historical sociology
The event organizers wish to draw ECRs who are stretching the boundaries of their national or disciplinary specializations. Proceedings will include small-group workshops to discuss shared challenges and strategies of conducting geographically heterodox historical scholarship, public presentations of works in progress, keynote lectures, and a plenary discussion with public Q&A.
Current keynote speakers and plenary participants include:
Manu Goswami (New York University)
Andrew Zimmerman (George Washington University)
Lara Putnam (The University of Pittsburgh)
Paul A. Kramer (Vanderbilt University)
Applicants must include, along with their abstract, a list of five works currently most relevant to their research. These titles will be assembled into an actively managed, open-access bibliography on the conference website (URL below). All abstracts are due by 1 September 2017. Please send them in pdf or MS Word format to: revising-geography@york.ac.uk.
Generous funding from the British Academy, YuFund, and the York Centre for the Americas will allow the hosts to defray a significant portion of participant travel and accommodation expenses.
This conference is a collaboration between scholars at the Universities of Nottingham, Sheffield, and York in the UK, and Fordham, Harvard, the New School for Social Research, Northwestern, and Ohio State in the US.
Please address abstracts and questions to the event organizer, David Huyssen, at: revising-geography@york.ac.uk