History of the Present. The formation of the contemporary world (2024/2025)
Bringing together several generations of leading researchers, the seminar History(s) of the Present. The formation of the contemporary world aims to give voice to research on various fundamental topics in contemporary historiography and focusing on different geographies, which seeks to understand history in its global, international and transnational articulations, revealing its varied and significant role in shaping the present.
Scientific Coordination: Hugo Gonçalves Dores | Ana Guardião | Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo | José Pedro Monteiro
1st session: Matthias Middell (Leipzig University): The French Globalization Projects
Date: September 18th, 2024 | 11:30 am
Venue: Sala D. João III | AUC
2st session: Frederick Cooper | Jane Burbank (New York University): Post-Imperial Possibilities: Eurasia, Eurafrica, Afroasia
Date: October 23th, 2024 | 11 am
Venue: Anf. I da FLUC
3st session: Madeleine Herren-Oesch (University of Basel, Suíça): Foreign Residents and global trade in the late 19th century
Date: November 27th, 2024 | 11 am
Venue: Sala D. João III | AUC
