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The indigenization of the concept of race in modern East Asia: What was/is minzu?

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*TIME UPDATE: This event will be taking place at 7–8.30pm EST on 31 March , not 6pm as previously stated.* Professor Oguma Eiji (Keio University, Japan) presents his paper, "The indigenization of the concept of race in modern East Asia: What was/is minzu...

A Food Utopia? Ideas of Plenty and Italian Colonialism in Libya before WWI

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Dr. Or Rosenboim (Director of the Centre for Modern History, Department of International Politics at City, University of London) will present her paper, “A Food Utopia? Ideas of Plenty and Italian Colonialism in Libya before WWI." Catey Boyle (History...

Internationalism as Decadence: Raymond Aron's Early Critique of Pacifism

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Professor Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins (Wesleyan University) presents his paper, "Internationalism as Decadence: Raymond Aron's Early Critique of Pacifism." Title may be subject to further change. Simon Luo (Indiana University) will discuss. This event is...

"I Put My Fear for You above My Fear of You": The Role of Emotions in Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought

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Professor Han Hsien Liew (Arizona State University) presents his ongoing work on Ibn al-Jawzi, "'I Put My Fear for You above My Fear of You': The Role of Emotions in Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought". Title may be subject to further change. This event is...

Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought

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Professor Rasoul Namazi (Duke University-Kunshan, China) will present his work on Leo Strauss's political philosophy and Islam. Professor Thomas Meyer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) and Professor David DiPasquale (Boston College) will provide...

Reform as Global History: Technology, Economic Governance and Infrastructure

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Professors Arunabh Ghosh (Harvard University) and Taomo Zhou (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) discuss their ongoing work to reframe China's Reform and Opening as a process of transnational knowledge production, paying special attention to dam...

Roundtable: What is the "Global" in Global Political Thought?

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In this roundtable, Professors Shruti Kapila (University of Cambridge) and David Armitage (Harvard University) return with Professor Joshua Simon (Johns Hopkins University) to explore what the "global" is, could be, and perhaps should be, in the theory...

Association for Global Political Thought

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Photo on home page depicts Chinese people marching on the streets of Beijing "in support of the African-American struggle against violence" in April 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Translating Blackness and Questions of (African) Indigeneity

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Professor Victoria Collis-Buthelezi (University of Johannesburg) will present her paper, "Translating Blackness and Questions of (African) Indigeneity." Title may be subject to change. Please pre-register to receive the Zoom link, paper, and any further...

George III and the Law of Nations: A Global Intellectual Microhistory?

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Professor David Armitage (Harvard University) will present his paper, “George III and the Law of Nations: A Global Intellectual Microhistory?". Théophile Deslauriers (Princeton University) will respond. Please pre-register to receive the Zoom link and...

Third World Women and the Rise of the Status of Women Report

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Professor Durba Mitra (Harvard University) presents her paper, "Third World Women and the Rise of the Status of Women Report." Yi Ning Chang (Harvard University) will respond. Justin Brooks (Harvard University) chairs. Please pre-register to receive the...

Alterity and Identity: Two Paths for Post-(Neo)Liberal Politics

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Professor Jesse McCarthy (Harvard University) presents his paper, "Alterity and Identity: Two Paths for Post-(Neo)LIberal Politics." Please note that the tite is subject to further change. Huey Hewitt (Harvard University) will discuss. Please pre-register...