Universalities in World History: The Sixth Annual Harvard Graduate
Student Conference on International History
March 17-18, 2006
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Cambridge, MA
Schedule and registration information available at:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~conih/
Religions and other universal belief systems offer a particular problem for students of international history. Although they claim to transcend boundaries, they must still function in specific social, political, economic and intellectual contexts. This conference aims to explore the multiple roles that universalities have played in relations among peoples, communities, and states throughout world history.
Featuring 12 graduate student presentations with commentary by distinguished scholars including:
Leila Ahmed (Harvard Divinity School)
Carol Anderson (University of Missouri-Columbia)
David Armitage (Harvard)
Edward Berenson (New York University)
Carter Eckert (Harvard)
Niall Ferguson (Harvard)
Tona Hangen (Brandeis)
Bryan Hehir (Harvard)
Baber Johansen (Harvard Divinity School)
Shruti Kapeli (Tufts University)
Philip Kuhn (Harvard)
Roderick MacFarquhar (Harvard)
Charles Maier (Harvard)
Erez Manela (Harvard)
Terry Martin (Harvard)
James Muldoon (Rutgers, Brown)
Patrick Provost-Smith (Harvard Divinity School)
Rachel St. John (Harvard)
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