Harvard International & Global History Seminar (HIGHS)

The Harvard International & Global History Seminar (HIGHS) is a forum for cutting-edge work in the fields of international and global history.

The seminar, organized at the Department of History and supported by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, typically meets four times each term on Wednesday afternoons.

The schedule for 2011-2012 is below. Please scroll to the bottom of the page for past years.

* Unless otherwise noted, sessions are held on Wednesdays at 4:00 pm in CGIS-South (1730 Cambridge Street), room S-050, and papers are circulated in advance by email.

Fall 2011

September 14
Charles Maier, Harvard University
"Once within Borders: A History of Territoriality since 1500"
Comment: Mira Siegelberg, Harvard University

October 5
Julian Go, Boston University
"Anti-Colonialism in the U.S. Empire, 1899-1935"
Comment: Andrew Baker, Harvard University

October 26
Ian Morris, Stanford University
"War: What is it Good For?"
Comment: Andrew Coe, Harvard University

November 16
Rachel St John, Harvard University
"The Imagined America of William McKendree Gwin: Individual Ambition and the Uneven Path of American Expansion"
Comment: Shaun Nichols, Harvard University

Spring 2012

February 15
Tanisha Fazal, Columbia University
"Declaring War and Peace"
Comment: Danny Orbach, Harvard University

March 7
Faculty roundtable: "Is All History Global?"
Participants: Joyce Chaplin, Michael McCormick, Charles Maier, Erez Manela. Chair: David Armitage

March 28
Frank Costigliola, University of Connecticut
"The Emotions of George Kennan"
Comment: Eva Bitran

April 20
Colin Kidd, Queen's University, Belfast
"Race, Difference and the Origins of British Anthropology"
* Co-sponsored with the Center for History and Economics

Past Years