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Rethinking Internationalism conference

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Venue: Birkbeck Central

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Although scholarship on the history of internationalism is thriving, and although popular interest in this work has been rapidly increasing, we argue that a major stocktaking exercise is urgently needed, both to map out existing assumptions and methodological tools, and to identify persistent blindspots. In particular, we do not think that the multifaceted and heterogeneous nature of past and present internationalisms has received sufficient attention, as a result of which a series of geographies, political settings, actors and connections have persistently fallen out of view.

This conference showcases scholarship that critically examines ideas of hegemony and takes seriously different, at times clashing, visions and practices of internationalism and internationalist thought. The conference foregrounds research that recovers multiple strands, interpretations, and contexts of internationalism existing in tandem, at times directly competing against or forming alliances with each other.

Contact j.reinisch@bbk.ac.uk for more information.

 

Programme

THURSDAY, 19 March

10-11.45am - Panel 1: Place, Region, Geography

Chair: Emma Kluge

Speakers: Elisabeth Leake, Tanya Harmer, Laura Robson, Nana Osei Opare

 

12.45- 2.30pm - Panel 2: International Organisations

Chair: Matthew Hilton

Speakers: Davide Rodogno, Maha Ali, Agnieszka Sobocinska, Gordon Barrett

 

3-4.45pm - Panel 3: Periodising Internationalism

Chair: David Brydan

Speakers: Giuliana Chamedes, Heidi Tworek, Valeska Huber, xxx

 

FRIDAY, 20 March

9-10.45 am - Panel 4: Ideology and -isms

Chair: Aileen Lichtenstein

Speakers: Leslie James, Raul Carstorcea, Faisal Devji, Tanroop Sandhu

 

11-12.45 pm - Panel 5: People and Networks 

Chair: Su Lin Lewis

Speakers: Henry Dee, Alessandro Iandolo, Poorvi Bellur, Sara Lorenzini

 

12.45-2pm - Closing comments

Chair: Erez Manela

With Ria Kapoor, Daniel Laqua, Jessica Reinisch, Margot Tudor

Contact name: Jessica Reinisch

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