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From: Ken Pomeranz <klpomera@uci.edu>
Subject: world history conference: Leipzig, Feb., 1998
From: Hans-Martin Moderow, Universitat Leipzig
ges92clj@studserv.uni-leipzig.de
International workshop
WORLD HISTORY TODAY - CHIMERA OR NECESSITY
12 - 14 February, 1998
Leipzig, Germany
organised by Centre for Advanced Studies of Leipzig University
(Zentrum f=FCr H=F6here Studien der Universit=E4t Leipzig), Visiting Leibniz
Professor Edoardo Tortarolo, Turin
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For further information please contact:
Zentrum f=FCr H=F6here Studien
Universit=E4t 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
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PROGRAM
12. 2. 1998
09.00 a. m. Intruductory remarks
Section I: An old tradition
09.30 a. m. Fran=E7ois Hartog (Paris): Universal history writing and
antique age
10.00 a. m. Helmut Zedelmaier (M=FCnchen): 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. J=FCrgen 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 f=FCr
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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Hans-Martin Moderow
Arndtstra=DFe 9 b
04275 Leipzig
Email: ges92clj@studserv.uni-leipzig.de
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Universit=E4t Leipzig
Augustusplatz 10/11
04109 Leipzig
Tel. 0341/9730288
Fax: 0341/9605261
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