World History Workshop
The World History Workshop is a weekly discussion group open to postgraduate students and early career fellows. In collaboration with the World History MPhil course, the workshop focuses on innovative research into global and transnational currents, colonial and post-colonial societies and regional histories from Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East spanning roughly from 1750 to 2000 C.E. We encourage submissions on a variety of topics including global economic history; histories of science, migration, race, gender and empire; post-colonial studies and comparative history. In return, speakers at the Workshop can expect feedback from a wide range of theoretical and disciplinary approaches from a friendly and welcoming group of scholars.
The Workshop meets on Thursdays from 2:30-3:30pm during termtime. Typical sessions contain one 25 to 30 minute presentation followed by questions. However, the Workshop also runs a number of special events ranging from small roundtable discussions to an annual talk on using overseas archives and dedicated presentation days for World History MPhil students.
The World History Workshop is currently being held both virtually and in person. For online sessions, all links will be distributed through the mailing list prior to each session - you can sign up to the mailing list here or by emailing the convenors directly at worldhistoryworkshop@gmail.com. You can also receive updates on the Workshop and other relevant Cambridge events by following @CamWorldHistory on Twitter.
Term Card: Michaelmas 2024
Unless otherwise specified, we will meet on Thursdays (2:30-3:30 pm) in Room 3 of the History Faculty building. Participants may also join us via Microsoft Teams. Links will be available via our mailing list.
17 October
Colonising São Tomé and Principe: Disputed Sovereignties in the Nineteenth Century
João Moreira da Silva (University of Cambridge)
24 October
The 'Undefined' in Malabar: Citizenship and 'Loyalty' in Post-Partition India
Aiswarya Sanath (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)
31 October
Robert Knox, Crises of Civilisation, and the Racial Science of Anti-Imperialism
Phil Xing (University of Cambridge)
7 November
War of Everyone Against Everyone: Cotton Plantations in Coastal Jiangsu During the Global WWII, 1937-1945
Mingran Cao (Leiden University)
14 November
Hope, Terror, and Humanity: A Transnational History of Emergent Networks of Resistance and Resilience in the Congo Basin, 1885-1908
Adrita Mitra (University of Oxford)
21 November
Sewing a Nation: Patriotism, Religion, and Solidarity in the Iranian Women's Journal Shukūfih, 1913-1917
Yinghui Huang (University of Cambridge)
28 November
Their Majesties and the Metropole: King Lewanika of Barotseland in Britain and the Coronation of King Edward VII, 1902
Jonathan Jackson (University of Cologne & University of Oxford)
Convenors
The convenors for the academic year 2024–2025 are Boyang Hou, Varun Mallik, Imaan Markar, and Justin Wei. Please contact them via email (worldhistoryworkshop@gmail.com) if you have any questions regarding the workshop.
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