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Amitava Chowdhury

@amitava8

Chair, Department of History, Queen’s University, Canada | Global History; Servile Labor; British Empire; Archaeology of Slavery; Diaspora

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Global History: Remapping Categories and Concepts will feature Dr. Berg on “Global History and the Slave-Sugar Nexus: Explaining European Industrialization.” More information on the schedule and virtual registration to come! queensu.ca/ghi/events/upc…

Global History: Remapping Categories and Concepts will feature Dr. Berg on “Global History and the Slave-Sugar Nexus: Explaining European Industrialization.” More information on the schedule and virtual registration to come! queensu.ca/ghi/events/upc…
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Hear Dr. Chakrabarty speak on "The Planetary Turn in Historical Thinking" at Global History: Remapping Categories and Concepts, Oct 3-4 at Queen's. Full schedule and info about virtual registration to come. queensu.ca/ghi/events/upc…

Hear Dr. Chakrabarty speak on "The Planetary Turn in Historical Thinking" at Global History: Remapping Categories and Concepts, Oct 3-4 at Queen's. Full schedule and info about virtual registration to come. queensu.ca/ghi/events/upc…
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Join us at Global History: Remapping Categories and Concepts on Oct 3-4 to hear Dr. Jo Guldi present "Occupancy Rights: A global and ecological history." Information on virtual registration and full schedule to come. queensu.ca/ghi/events/upc…

Join us at Global History: Remapping Categories and Concepts on Oct 3-4 to hear Dr. <a href="/joguldi/">Jo Guldi</a> present "Occupancy Rights: A global and ecological history." Information on virtual registration and full schedule to come. queensu.ca/ghi/events/upc…
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Global History: Remapping Categories and Concepts will feature Dr. Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO speaking on "Globalizing Historiography in the Age of Machine Historians." Stay tuned for full schedule and virtual registration info. queensu.ca/ghi/events/upc…

Global History: Remapping Categories and Concepts will feature Dr. <a href="/Marnie_HW/">Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO</a> speaking on "Globalizing Historiography in the Age of Machine Historians." Stay tuned for full schedule and virtual registration info. queensu.ca/ghi/events/upc…
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Dr. MacDonald will present "Unpacking Myths of Benign Foundation in Western Settler States: Considering Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand" at Global History: Remapping Categories and Concepts. Full schedule and virtual registration to come. queensu.ca/ghi/events/upc…

Dr. MacDonald will present "Unpacking Myths of Benign Foundation in Western Settler States: Considering Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand" at Global History: Remapping Categories and Concepts. Full schedule and virtual registration to come. queensu.ca/ghi/events/upc…
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Tremendously proud of Alex Martinborough for the exemplary defence of his dissertation this afternoon Queen's History "Constituting a Settler Empire: Written Constitutions and Reordering the British Empire, 1860-1930" Watch for the book!

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It was an honour to give the Nugent Lecture. My deepest thanks to Amitava Chowdhury, @woolf_atthedoor, and the wonderful audience Queen's University . I would also like to acknowledge the Nugent Lecturers who have come before me, including the late great Natalie Zemon Davis.

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What role does AI play in the production of history? How will it shape the discipline going forward? Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO speaks on these questions at the #ghi2024 conference!

What role does AI play in the production of history? How will it shape the discipline going forward? <a href="/Marnie_HW/">Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO</a> speaks on these questions at the #ghi2024 conference!
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Working on Global History? Here is a postdoc opportunity to join our vibrant Global History Initiative at Harvard for a year. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14102

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Rabindranath Tagore was announced as the first non-European literature laureate #OTD in 1913. Tagore was awarded the #NobelPrize "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse..." Learn more: bit.ly/2l0FxzA

Rabindranath Tagore was announced as the first non-European literature laureate #OTD in 1913. 

Tagore was awarded the #NobelPrize "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse..."

Learn more: bit.ly/2l0FxzA
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We are pleased to share the Call for Papers for our upcoming workshop for graduate students and early career researchers. Transforming Nations and Identities in a Global World after 1945 will take place Oct 2-3, 2025 at the University of Glasgow. queensu.ca/ghi/events/upc…