The Geneva History Seminar 2013-2014

The Geneva History Seminar 2013-2014

Organizer
Gareth Austin (Department of International History, IHEID); Sandrine Kott (Département d’histoire générale, Université de Genève); Mary O’ Sullivan (Institut Paul Bairoch, Université de Genève)
Venue
Location
Geneva
Country
Switzerland
From - Until
17.10.2013 - 08.05.2014
By
Austin, Gareth

This research seminar is organized by and for historians in the faculties and doctoral programmes of the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. It is open to all who are interested in historical questions in a global perspective. The papers that form the basis of a speaker's presentation will be available a week in advance of his or her talk and can be downloaded from any of the websites below.

Programm

October 17
Michael Huberman (Institut Paul Bairoch, Université de Genève): Labor Movements in the Age of Capital
Unimail, 40, bd du Pont d'Arve

December 12
Aline Helg (Histoire générale, Université de Genève) : La liberté coûte que coûte: Réflexions sur l'achat de l’affranchissement par les esclaves des Amériques. Département d’histoire générale, Salle SO19, 5 rue Saint Ours

Feburary 27
Harald Fischer-Tinné (ETH, Zurich): From Liberal Anti-Imperialism to 'Scientific Terrorism': The Political Thought of an Indian Revolutionary in early 20th Century Geneva
Département d’histoire générale, Salle SO19, 5 rue Saint Ours

March 6
Patricia Clavin (University of Oxford): "Peace and the Price System": International Organizations and the Prevention of War, 1920-1989
IHEID, Maison de la Paix

April 3
Ira Katznelson (Columbia University, New York): Fear Itself : The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
Unimail, 40, bd du Pont d'Arve

May 8
Gareth Austin (International History, IHEID, Geneva): Moral Economies and Accumulation in Africa, c.1800 to the Present: Perspectives from Ghana
IHEID, Maison de la Paix

This seminar will take place on Thursday evenings from 18:15-19:45. Please note that the locations of the talks vary.

Contact (announcement)

Gareth Austin
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Case postale 136 - CH - 1211 Genève 21 - Suisse
Tel: +41 (0)22 908 6218
e-Mail: gareth.austin@graduateinstitute.ch

http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/study/academicdepartments/international-history.html
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05.10.2013
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