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Writing the History of the Global

British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1

21-22 May 2009

FULLY BOOKED

ABOUT THIS EVENT

Day 1

9.00am	Registration
9.30am	Coffee
10.00am	Welcome and Introduction Maxine Berg (University of Warwick) Miles Taylor (Director, Institute of Historical Research)
1. Interpretations: Ideas and the Making of Global History Chair: Patrick O’Brien (LSE)
10.30am	Linda Colley (Princeton University) ‘Narratives in Global History’ David Washbrook ( Trinity College, Cambridge) ‘Problems in Global History’ Jan de Vries ( University of California, Berkeley), ‘Revolutions in Global History’ Discussant: Christopher Bayly (Cambridge University)
12.15pm	Discussion
12.45pm	Lunch
2. Approaches: Methods and Methodologies in Global History Chair: David Arnold (University of Warwick)
2.00pm	Sanjay Subrahmanyam (UCLA) ‘Connectedness and Global History’ Prasannan Parthasarathi ( Boston College), ‘Comparisons in Global History’ R.Bin Wong (UCLA) ‘Regions and Global History’ Discussant: Jean-Fréderic Schaub (EHESS, Paris)
3.30pm	Discussion
4.00pm	Tea
3. The Arts and Global History Chair: Luca Molá (University of Warwick)
4.30pm	Timothy Brook (Chinese Studies, Oxford University) ‘How de we write a Global History of Science when Isaac Newton is European and Chen Chum is Chinese?' Craig Clunas (History of Art, Oxford University) ‘Global Arts: Comparing and Connecting’ J D Hill (The British Museum) 'World Museums and Global Arts' Discussants: Glenn Adamson (V&A) Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick)
6.00pm	Discussion
6.30pm	Drinks reception

Day 2

9.30am	Coffee
4. Dynamics and Concepts: Shaping Global History Chair: William Gervase Clarence Smith (SOAS)
10.00am	Ken Pomeranz (University of California Irvine), ‘Divergence in Global History’ Jan Luiten Van Zanden (Utrecht University), ‘Global history: teamwork by necessity?’ Jack Goldstone (George Mason University), ‘Efflorescence in Global History’ Discussant: Kaoru Sugihara (Kyoto University)
11.45am	Discussion
12.15pm	Lunch
5. Knowledge and Global History Chair: Maxine Berg (University of Warwick)
1.30pm	Dr Simon Schaffer (Cambridge University) ‘Enlightened Knowledge and Global Pathways’ Dagmar Schäfer (Max Planck Institute, Berlin) ‘Cultures of Innovation' Kapil Raj (EHESS, Paris) ‘Knowledge interchange and Colonial Cities’ Discussant: Dr. Lissa Roberts (University of Twente)
3.00pm	Discussion
3.30pm	Tea
6. Round Table Chair: Anne Gerritson (University of Warwick)
4.00pm	Participants for Round Table Day 1 and Day 2 Sevket Pamuk (LSE ); John Darwin (Oxford University); Diogo Ramada Curto (University of Lisbon and UCL); Billy K L So (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Peer Vries (University of Vienna); Megan Vaughan (Cambridge University)
5.30pm	Drinks reception