Earlymod: (Dis)entangling Global Early Modernities, 1300-1800, A One-Day Conference

Date: 

Friday, March 24, 2017, 8:45am to 5:00pm

Location: 

Tsai Auditorium (CGIS South), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA

 

SymposiumSpeakers:

Greg Afinogenov
David Armitage
Alexander Bevlilacqua
Ann blair
Jorge Canizares-Esguerra
Ananya Chakravarti
Roger Chartier
Devin Fitzgerald
Tamar Herzog
Eugenio Menegon
Laura Mitchell
Darrin McMahon
Studart McManus
Holly Shaffer
Nir Shafir
Carolien Stolte
Michael Tworek
Kristen Windmuller-Luna
Anand Venkatkrishnan
Xin Wen

Image: Dora Wheeler “Penelope Unraveling Her Work at Night” (1886)

Organizers: Michael Tworek (Harvard), Stuart McManus (UChicago), Devin Fitzgerald (Harvard), Anja Goeing (Harvard)

This conference proposes a new concept—“(dis)entanglement”—in order to provide alternative narratives of the early modern world, 1300-1800. Recent scholarship has emphasized the integrative nature of economic, material, and religious developments. In contrast, we will examine what the “global” could mean in intellectual and cultural interactions in terms of both integration and disintegration across multiple continents and oceans. Our conference participants will explore how the notion of “(dis)entanglement” allows us to evoke a polycentric early modern world that is simultaneously connecting and disconnecting. 

The conference includes panels on Ideas (speakers: Xin Wen, Anand Venkatkrishnan, Michael Tworek, Carolien Stolte), Books (speakers: Holly Shaffer, Nir Shafir, Devin Fitzgerald, Alexander Bevilacqua), and Scholarly Practices (speakers: Ananya Chakravarti, Kirsten Windmuller-Luna, Stuart McManus, Gregory Afinogenov). Our closing roundtable features panelists David Armitage, Jorge Canizares-Esguerra, Roger Chartier, Eugenio Menegon, and Laura Mitchell

For the full schedule see:  http://earlymod.fas.harvard.edu/event/disentangling-global-early-modernities-1300-1800

Sponsored Generously By: Harvard Asia Center, Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History, Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard Center for African Studies, Harvard History Department, Harvard Early Modern History Workshop, Harvard Medieval Studies Committee, Harvard Center for History and Economics, Mellon Rare Book School, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

Contact: Michael Tworek (mtworek@fas.harvard.edu) or Anja Goeing (agoeing@fas.harvard.edu)

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