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: Lent 2025
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.
30 January
UNESCO and New Humanism in Post-War Heritage Conservation
Jiayao Jiang (University of Cambridge)
6 February - Speaker Online
The Pragmatism of Ideology: Taiwan’s Overseas Chinese Policy in Southeast Asia, 1949-65
Adrian Kwong (University of Oxford)
13 February
A Pan-Eurasian Panacea?: Reorienting the Use of Myrobalan in Medieval Eurasian Ophthalmology
Canchen (Carmen) Cao (University of Cambridge)
20 February - Speaker Online
Sudanisation and Constitution-Making in Post-Colonial Sudan
Aida Abbashar (Durham University)
27 February
Uncomfortable Alliance: Islam in Britain’s Imperial Security Policy during WWII
Omar Nasr (London School of Economics & Political Science)
6 March
Maoism Across Continents: Forging Afro-Asian Connections as Pathways to Alternative Modernity, 1960-1976
Zhen Zhang (University of Edinburgh)
13 March - Speaker Online
The Burden of Empire: Exploring Colonial Masculinity in Anti-Colonial Revolutionary Networks in Bengal
Shriya Dasgupta (Purdue University)
20 March
Towards an American Concordat: The Taft Mission to the Vatican, 1901–1902
Jethro Calacday (University of Cambridge)
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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