Global Histories Forum

Affiliated researchers and projects investigate how social movements, cultural expressions and intellectual debates, political imaginaries as well as high politics, evolve through dynamic and interlocking processes that frequently transcend state borders and conventionally constructed ‘civilizational’ boundaries. They link local and regional concerns to global structures in an attempt not only to engage with the most recent historiographical advances in their respective fields but also to understand the most pressing social, cultural and political concerns facing us in the world today.

The Global Histories Forum is not exclusively dedicated to – though it is inspired by – the distinct historiographical field of ‘Global History’, with its particular methodologies and conceptual apparatus. Rather, we aim to discuss historiographically advanced work dealing with a wide variety of social, cultural and political topics. The precise content of the Forum’s activities will be determined by the evolving interests of participating members.

Each term the forum will host a series of guest lectures and seminars to which everyone at the University of Copenhagen is welcome. See the events section below for further details. We also host informal work-in-progress sessions for staff and postgraduate students at EnGeRom. The aim of these sessions is to provide a supportive and stimulating environment in which colleagues can test out new ideas and get concrete feedback on their work, written or otherwise. For more information about these work-in-progress sessions, please contact one of the Forum coordinators.