What’s so early modern about the ‘Early Modern World’?
This roundtable discussion will explore the usefulness of ‘early modernity’ as a category of historical analysis. The discussion will begin with reflections by three scholars whose work cuts across the boundaries of Ottoman, Eurasian and global history, before opening up to wider discussion. All participants are encouraged to read the following articles in advance, which can be obtained upon request from john-paul.ghobrial@history.ox.ac.uk:
· Jack A. Goldstone, ‘The Problem of the “Early Modern” World’, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 41.3 (1998), 249-284.
· Sanjay Subrahmanyam, ‘Connected Histories: Notes towards a Reconfiguration of Early Modern Eurasia’, Modern Asian Studies 31.3 (July 1997), 735-762.
Date: 16 February 2017, 11:15
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Old Common Room
Speakers: John Darwin (Professor of Global and Imperial History, Nuffield College, Oxford), Christopher Markiewicz (Bennett Boskey Fellow in Extra-European History, Exeter College, Oxford), Christine Woodhead (Honorary Fellow, Department of History, Durham), John-Paul Ghobrial (chair) ((Lucas Fellow in Early Modern History, Balliol College, Oxford))
Organiser contact email address: john-paul.ghobrial@history.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Laura Spence