What novel historical insights and theoretical lenses can we use to make sense of what transpired in the last 500 years?

Is technology gendered? One of the earliest celebrations of technological innovation in food has been green revolution. There has been attempts to study impacts and role of technology in food production in South Asia.

For historians of international organizations and international law, here is an open job posting for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at Boston University's Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies.

Student protesting the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico.

We welcome applications for the position of … Editor-at-Large from graduate students and advanced … undergraduates. We are especially interested in students working on or … located in the Global South and in the early modern and pre-modern periods.

Dr. Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz … The Toynbee Prize Foundation (TPF) is excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz as the new Executive Director. Originally from the Philippines, Dr. CuUnjieng Aboitiz is currently a Research Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

The Cambridge World History Workshop is inviting submissions to deliver papers during Michaelmas Term 2019 (October – December). The workshop welcomes contributions that give attention to global historical perspectives.

A palm plantation near Miri, Malaysia (Source: The Washington Post/Mattias Klum) Liat Spiro … Peter James Hudson, "How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean," Boston Review … "Is Labor's Future in Labor's Capital?: A Debate," LPE Blog … "Reflections on the Plantationocene:

The Toynbee Prize Foundation is seeking to make an appointment of an Executive Director, to begin on September 15, 2019. The position is part-time (ca. 5 hours per week), and the current compensation is US$6000 per annum.

Eugenicist Paul Popenoe counseling a couple on hereditary preservation, 1930 (Source: Eugenics Archives via Timeline) Martin Crevier … Aaron Ackerly, "Old Prejudices, New Debates:

The front page of L'Humanité on November 1, 1956 … Matthew Bowser … Alex Ward, "Aung San Suu Kyi Meets with Hungary's Orbán to Lament their 'Growing Muslim Populations'", Vox … Vincent Bevins, "What the United States Did in Indonesia", The Atlantic … Ajay Verghese…

Nuevo Cocinero Mejicano, 1872 (Source:

Jean-Pascal Sébah, Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, 1890s (Source: Wikipedia Commons) James Parker … Kapil Komireddi, "Five More Years of Narendra Modi Will Take India to a Dark Place," The GuardianLauren MacIvor Thompson, "Abortion:

As world politics continue to revolve around questions and controversies concerning refugees and migration, historians have begun to pay increasing attention to earlier forms of human movement that have been compelled or assisted by states or international organizations…