{"id":142,"date":"2013-11-08T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/2013\/11\/08\/africa-and-global-history\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T12:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T10:00:43","slug":"africa-and-global-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/events\/conferences\/africa-and-global-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa and Global History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Perspectives<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2015-giraffe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2015-giraffe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2015-giraffe.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2015-giraffe-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2015-giraffe-714x1024.jpg 714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>16-19 April 2013<br>Universities of the Witwatersrand &amp; Cape Town<strong><br><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), Wits University and UCT are organising a week of encounters between historians of the first globalisation in the early modern period working in different areas. It is hoped that these encounters can act as a path towards wider historical projects around the early connections between Africa and the rest of the World from the 12th century onwards, not only with Europe but also the Americas, the Middle East and the whole Indian Ocean region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuesday 16th April: Public lecture, Wits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>14:00, Wiser Seminar Room<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Joan-Pau Rubi\u00e8s<\/strong><br>(Universitat Popmpeu Fabrea)<strong><br>Travel Writing and the Origins of the Enlightenment<\/strong><br>Discussant: Dilip Menon (CISA, Wits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday 17th April: Workshop UCT, Historical Studies Department \/ HUMA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>13:00 &#8211; 16:00, Huma Seminar Room<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Perspective in Global History<\/strong><br>Chair: Adrien Delmas (IFAS);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Joan-Pau Rubi\u00e8s<\/strong><br>(Universitat Pompeu Fabrea)<br><strong>Enlightenment, Cosmopolitanism and Global History<\/strong><br>Discussant: Nigel Penn (UCT)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ashley Millar<\/strong><br>(UCT)<br><strong>Connecting Global Histories: Economic, Cultural and Intellectual Approaches to China and the European Enlightenment<\/strong><br>Discussant: Adrien Delmas (IFAS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday 19th April: Roundtable UCT<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Academic Training in Connected History: Ways Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joan-Pau Rubi\u00e8s &quot;Travel Writing and the Origins of the Enlightenment&quot;, April 2013\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A9xrNYRA_64?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Perspectives 16-19 April 2013Universities of the Witwatersrand &amp; Cape Town &nbsp; The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), Wits University and UCT are organising a week of encounters between historians of the first globalisation in the early modern period working in different areas. 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