A Dutch cartoon depicting the Papuan perspective on the Act of Free Choice, 1969. Photo credit:

About the Conference … The concept of the "archipelago" has been increasingly discussed and deployed by historians, social scientists, literary and cultural studies scholars since the second half of the 20th century.

Share of the Standard Oil Company, issued May 1, 1878 (Photo credit:

As the world heats up, so has the competition for resources and strategic advantages in the polar regions.

Charles de Gaulle, president of France, in Algeria, August 1959 (Photo credit:

The New London Docks (1800-1830)Source: The British Library … Joseph Satish … Julia A. Dowd, "Another Ignatian History: Including Women in the Story of Jesuit Mission", Jesuit Higher Education … Anando Bhakto, "Jammu & Kashmir: Seething Valley", Frontline … Ben Knight, "Amitav Ghosh:

Student protesters in Ethiopia c. 1967-74(Source: Libcom.com) Liat SpiroNoah Zatz, "Care Work In & Beyond the Labor Market," LPE Blog … Eileen Boris, "Making Care Work Green," LPE Blog … "Worldmaking after Empire Roundtable," AAIHS … James Parker … Arundhati Roy, "India:

Bruce Pascoe, author of Dark EmuPhoto: Vicky Shukuroglou (The Guardian) Natalie Behrends Daniel Boguslaw, "Fighting Franco's Ghosts," Dissent … Reem Abou-el-Fadl, "Foreign Policy as Nation-Making:

Chinese Stamp in 1950Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons … Colin Bernard … Paul Hockenos, "Zero Hour: The First Days of new Berlin", The Boston Review. Dimitrina Petrova, "The 1989 Revolutions and the Roots of Illiberal Populism", Dissent … Ben Margulies, "Book Review:

Lawren Harris, Clyde River, Baffin Island, 1930Credit: National Gallery of Canada … Yehor Brailian … Matthew Willis "The East India Company Invented Corporate Lobbying," JSTOR Daily Mark Hampton, "Leaving Hong Kong" History Today.Marybeth Hamilton "Concentration camps and historical analogies:

Romesh Chunder Dutt (1848-1909): An Indian historian of economics and civil servant, he pointed to liberalism's complicity with imperialism Image:

For scholars working on World Literatures, there is an open job posting for a tenure-track University Lecturer (Assistant Professor) position at the University of Cambridge. The deadline is November 24, 2019. https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/19900/ … The posting explains further:

The signing of the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)Source:

The Cambridge World History Workshop is now inviting submissions to deliver papers during Lent Term 2020 (January–March). The workshop welcomes contributions that give attention to global historical perspectives.