For those interested in the transnational history of British Empire, here's a recent call for papers for a workshop announced by the University of Warwick titled "Doctoral and Early Career Workshop: Between & Beyond: Transnational Networks & the British Empire." The call for papers explains more:

For those interested in historical geography studies, here's a recent call for papers for a conference to be announced by David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford University titled "Mapping and the Global Imaginary, 1500-1900." The call for papers explains more:

Global history is sometimes criticized for a kind of vague superficiality:

The University of Évora in Portugal is soliciting submissions for its international conference, to be held on 24 and 25 May 2018. The overall theme is "the colonial encounters fostered by...Iberian empire-building processes and...

MEGHNA CHAUDHURI … Carol Schaeffer, "Alt-Reich," The Caravan. Riddhi Bhandari, "XQs X - A Conversation with Anand Vivek Taneja," Chapati Mystery. Meagan Day, "The Shark and the Hound," The Baftler. Charlotte Higgins, "The Cult of Mary Beard," The Guardian.

This may be of interest to scholars of World War I and the history of Science:

The Freie Universität Berlin has released a call for papers titled "Africa in Global Intellectual History." The Conference will be held on 24-25 November 2018. The call explains more about the program:

SEAN PHILLIPS … Kwame Opoku, "Umfrage: Exotik des Trauten," ["Survey: The Exotic in the Familiar"] Süddeutsche Zeitung. Samira Shackle, "The Bureaucracy of ISIS," Prospect Magazine. Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley, "The Spice That Hooked Medical Nuns," The Atlantic.

Scholars of global histories of women may like to submit papers in response to the following call for papers:

For  world historians looking for an academic position, here is a recent call for applications for a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow position at Utah State University. The call for papers explains more:

For those interested in Latin American studies, here's a recent call for papers for a symposium titled "LAGlobal Symposium: The Global Past and Future of Latin American Studies." The call for papers explains more:

PhD Student Opportunity: Women and the History of International Thought, University of Sussex … Deadline: February 14, 2018 … Start date:

FATMA ALADAĞ … Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, "Do Secularism and Gender Equality Really Go Hand in Hand?," The Guardian. Matthew Hedstrom, "Comparison and Classification in American Religious History,"  The Immanent Frame. Emile Chabal, "Les Anglo-Saxons," Aeon.

JOSHUA MILSTEIN … Victoria Pashentseva, "Tough Lessons in Transnistria," openDemocracy. Rebeka Foley, "Azerbaijan's Pre-Soviet Independence Embroiled in Post-Soviet Polemics," Eurasianet. Francis P. Sempa, "Surviving the Future: Looking Back at the Toynbee-Wakaizumi Dialogue of 1970," The Diplomat.

Theme: "Altruism and Its Discontents: Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development" Proposal deadline: February 15, 2018 … Materials: