" I'm not saying, 'After me, chaos ,'" French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the newspaper  Le Figaro  with a wink in an interview published Friday, April 20, on the eve of the first-round election that saw him lose to Socialist Party leader François Hollande.

Starting August 1, Martin Klimke will become a full research fellow at the German Historical Institute and most likely remain in DC for 5 years.

Ray Grew gave a talk on global history at the College of Wooster in February and offered advice on how they can incorporate global history into their interesting curriculum. This was part of a general review of their program that another outside historian and Grew undertook for them.

Jason Ralph has been awarded some funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) to pursue his research project:

There is an upcoming conference entitled "1989 in a Global Perspective" which will be held at the University of Leipzig, Germany from October 14 to 16, 2009.…

From May 21 to 22 of 2009 there will be a conference hosted at the British Academy entitled "Writing the History of the Global: Challenges for the 21st Century." The conference will feature a great lineup of thinkers. According to the conference description:

Beginning in the Spring of 2008, the first of the nine volumes of the Globalization and Autonomy Series: Dialectical Relationships Facing the Contemporary World was published by UBC Press. For more information, see the McMaster's Institute website.

Dr. Elliott R. Morss, an American economist, gave a series of lectures on Global Finance in November 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The lectures came from the book Dr. Morss is writing on "Who Controls Global Capital".

The Toynbee Prize Foundation awarded its 2008 prize to Professor William H. McNeill in a ceremony on April 25, 2008 at the Harvard Faculty Club. Professor McNeill described the inspiration given to him by Arnold Toynbee and the importance of "Big History."

Profs Akira Iriye (Harvard) and Bruce Mazlish (MIT) What are the forces of globalization shaping our world (for better or for worse)? How can we bring an historical perspective to bear on them?