World History Colloquium

Fall 2008

All talks to be held in 6275 Bunche Hall at 4:00 pm, unless otherwise noted. All are welcome.
For more information contact Marissa Petrou at mpetrou@ucla.edu

Oct 7:

Richard von Glahn, UCLA, “Imagining Pre-modern China” 

Sanjay Subrahmanyam, UCLA, “A Roomful of Mirrors: The Circulation of Images between Early Modern India and Europe” Illustrations

Oct 14: This event begins at 5 pm.

Edward Alpers, UCLA, "Approaches to Doing Indian Ocean History"

Oct 21:

Sebouh Aslanian, University of Michigan, "The Culture of Julfan Correspondence in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean"

Oct 28:

Krishna Veeramah, UCLA, "Sex-Specific Genetic Data Supports One of Two Alternative Versions of the Foundation of the Ruling Dynasty of the Nso´ in Cameroon"

Nov 3:

Khodadad Rezakhani, UCLA, "The Road That Never Was: Silk Road and the Pre-Modern Trans-Eurasian Trade"

Nov 10:

Christopher Chase-Dunn, UC Riverside, "Core/periphery Relations in Comparative World Historical Perspective"

Nov 18:

Beth Tobin, Arizona State University, "Picturing Imperial Power: Duchess of Portland's Shell Collection"

Please find the pre-circulated papers as links on schedule.