Theme
What is global history and what purpose does it serve? Does global history literally cover the globe? How do power relations of past and present shape and constrain our understandings of where history happens–and who makes it—and how might a more inclusive and genuinely global history be conceived of and narrated? This course will address these and other questions from a cultural history perspective. Students will acquire a toolkit for understanding and critically assessing the turn away from nation-centered and Eurocentric ways of seeing history, and for thinking about how their own sources, which may seem very locally grounded, can nonetheless help address global questions by situating them in a broader framework.
Set-up
Each session will last three hours: in the first part we will critically discuss the texts and the second part of the class will be devoted to exploring how students can work with these approaches in their own research.
Dates & times (preliminary)
All sessions will be in Leiden, exact locations tba
- Tuesday 3 November 2026, 14:15-17:00
- Tuesday 11 November 2026, 14:15-17:00
- Tuesday 18 November 2026, 14:15-17:00
- Tuesday 25 November 2026, 14:15-17:00
- Tuesday 1 December 2026, 14:15-17:00
- Tuesday 8 December 2026, 14:15-17:00
