The Geneva History Seminar
Geneva has attracted a growing number of historians with
interests in comparative, international, and global history in recent
years. With a view to establishing a scholarly forum in which we can
meet and exchange ideas, we are proposing a new research seminar, the
Geneva History Seminar.
The seminar series is a joint initiative of the University of Geneva Department of History and Paul Bairoch Institute
of Economic History as well as the Department of International History
of the Graduate Institute. Its objective is to facilitate ongoing
intellectual collaboration, in Geneva and beyond, on topics that can be
broadly defined as transnational history. The inaugural programme for
the upcoming academic year, 2012-2013, is attached and we hope you will
find it exciting. Building a vibrant intellectual community in Geneva
around our various interests in comparative, international, and global
history depends on your talent and enthusiasm.
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Genève a attiré durant ces dernières années un nombre croissant d'historiens qui, au sein des divers instituts et départements, travaillent dans une perspective comparative, internationale, transnationale ou globale. Le nouveau Séminaire de recherche en histoire a pour but de constituer un lieu de rencontre et de discussions pour nous toutes et tous.
Ce séminaire est une initiative conjointe de l'Institut Paul Bairoch
d'histoire économique et du Département d'histoire générale
de l'Université de Genève ainsi que du Département d'histoire
internationale de HEID (Graduate Institute), il poursuit l'objectif de
développer des synergies à long terme entre les historiens genevois (par
delà leur rattachement institutionnel) et de créer des collaborations
durables avec des chercheurs suisses et étrangers.
2012-2013
This seminar will take place on Thursday evenings from 18:15-19:45. Papers will be available a week in advance of the talk. Please note that the locations of the talks vary.
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Sandrine Kott - Université de Genève | October 11 |
“L’OIT et la globalisation des questions du travail (1947-1973). Une perspective post guerre froide.” | |
Alejandra Irigoin - London School of Economics | November 29 |
“Living Standards in Early Modern Spanish America: Understanding the relation between factor endowments and institutions” | |
Patrick Harries - Universität Basel | December 6 |
"Imagining Africa: a social history of knowledge"
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Mary O'Sullivan - Université de Genève | March 7 |
"Yankee Doodle went to London: U.S. Breweries on the London Market, 1888-1892" | |
Dominic Sachensenmaier - Jakobs University, Bremen | April 11 |
"An assessment of Chinese and Western debates on the question of an "East Asian capitalism" | |
Emmanuelle Sibeud - Université de Paris 8 | May 9 |
"Une science coloniale inutile? Expertise raciologique en situation coloniale au XXe siècle" |