International workshop

WORLD HISTORY TODAY - CHIMERA OR NECESSITY

12 - 14 February, 1998

Leipzig, Germany

organised by Centre for Advanced Studies of Leipzig University (Zentrum fuer Hoehere Studien der Universitaet Leipzig), Visiting Leibniz Professor Edoardo Tortarolo, Turin

For further information please contact:

Zentrum fuer Hoehere Studien
Universitaet Leipzig
Augustusplatz 10/11
04109 Leipzig
Germany

Tel. 0049/341/9730230
Fax. 0049/341/9730288

Email: <ges92clj@studserv.uni-leipzig.de>
or: <etorta@rz.uni-leipzig.de>

PROGRAM

12. 2. 1998

09.00 a. m. Intruductory remarks

Section I: An old tradition

09.30 a. m. Francois Hartog (Paris): Universal history writing and antique age

10.00 a. m. Helmut Zedelmaier (Muenchen): Universal history writing in early modern times

10.30 a. m. Discussion

11.00 a. m. Coffee break

11.30 a. m. Reba Sofer (Los Angeles): Universal history by catholic historians in England in the 19th century

12.00 a. m. Juergen Osterhammel (Genf): Anglo-American Models of World History in the 20th Century

12.30 p. m. Discussion (-01.00 p. m.)

Section II: Challenges and new perspectives

Chair: Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer (Leipzig)

13.30 p. m. Alberto Piazza (Turin): Genetics and history

04.00 p. m. Kurt Nowak (Leipzig): Religion in history

04.30 p. m. Coffee break

05.00 p. m. Giovanni Filoramo (Turin): Religion and world history

05.30 p. m. Discussion (-06.00 p. m.)

13. 2. 1998

Section III: Other traditions

Chair: Georg Iggers (Buffalo)

09.00 a. m. Hans-Heinrich Nolte (Hannover): Russia and World history

09.30 a. m. Quingjia Edward Wang (Glassboro): Chinese World history writing

10.00 a. m. Discussion

10.30 a. m. Coffee break

11.00 a. m. Sebastian Conrad (Berlin): What time is Japan? The dilemma of world history from a post-colonial perspective

11.30 a. m. Adam Jones (Leipzig): Africa in World history

12.00 a. m. Hannes Siegrist (Leipzig): Die Rolle des Vergleiches fuer die Weltgeschichte

12.30 p.m. Discussion (-01.00 p. m.)

Section IV: Discussion: World history after the age of universal history

Chair: Ulrich Johannes Schneider (Leipzig)

04.00-08.00 p. m.

Ewa Domanska (Poznan): Universal history and postmodernism

Johan Galtung (Honolulu): Micro and Macro and the present historiography

Giuseppe Ricuperati (Turin): Patterns in World history writing

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From: "Hans-Martin Moderow" <ges92clj@studserv.uni-leipzig.de>
Subject: Tagung: World History Workshop, Leipzig - February 1998
Date: 07.01.1998

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