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The Ups and Downs of World and Global History over the Course of the 20th Century

  • Date

    VII. Saturday, 29.08.2026, 9:00-11:00/11:30

  • Location
    House 1 T-1006
  • Theme
    J - Connections, Entanglements, and Universal Perspectives on History

Abstract

World or Global History have seen various periods of strong interest both in academia and public but there were also periods of declining attention or even strong attacks against a historiography that seems to leave the natural habitat of historians, namely national history. While there are many explanations and descriptions of the those moments when world history met more interest than before, the opposite direction has been much less studied. The panel presents case studies since the development has never been homogenous around the world but its main intention is to engage a debate why such intellectual trends happen and what an appropriate reaction among historians could look like.

Convenor

  • Matthias Middell  (Leipzig University)

Commentator

  • Jerry Adelman   (University of Cambridge)

Chair

  • Jie-Hyun Lim (Sogang University)

Panelists

  • Katja Castryck-Naumann (Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO))
  • Matthias Middell  (Leipzig University)
  • Quentin Deluermoz (Université Paris-Cité)
  • Susanne Popp (University of Augsburg)

Papers

  • The boom of global histories of individual countries – a new trend in narrating transregional entanglements

    Katja Castryck-Naumann

  • Periods of decline in the interest in global history over the 20th century – something to learn for the 21st century?

    Matthias Middell

  • From the Annales school’s approach to world history to the histoire de la mondialisation

    Quentin Deluermoz

  • “Global” as “Unpatriotic”? Ups and Downs of Global History in School Curricula

    Susanne Popp