The History of Globalization - and the Globalization of History
Dr. Tony Hopkins, Walter Prescott Webb Chair, UT History Department
October 10, 2007 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm, SRH 3.111
Tony Hopkins discussed the ways in which globalization affects the study of history and the way historians view the world. He emphasized the increasing nature of interdisciplinary collaboration and perspectives that globalization requires for a comprehensive historical viewpoint. Hopkins also traced historians’ initial hesitancy toward and eventual embrace of this trend.
Dr. Hopkins' interests cover the history of Africa and other ex-colonial regions, European imperialism, and globalization. He has edited both the Journal of African History and the Economic History Review. His most recent books are Globalization in World History (2002), and Global History: Interactions between the Universal and the Local (2006). His talk will consider why historians have been so slow to explore the history of globalization, why and in what ways they have now begun to engage with the subject, and how it is likely to influence historical studies in the future.
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