We welcome submissions that examine international gender relations historically and analytically. Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to, intersections of gender and national self-definition; gender and mass or pop culture; gender and conflict; war crimes; gender and human rights; international activism; transnational exploitation; modern slavery; gender and transnational ideology (e.g., anti-abortion, feminism, ‘family values’); gender and space; gender and the ‘international order’: notions of subjugation, submission, alliances of convenience, colonial relations, etc.

ConIH welcomes innovative research approaches and agendas. Particular attention will be given to papers developing comparative perspectives and utilizing multi-archival research bases. We actively encourage students to reach beyond the immediate conclusions of their research to consider gender as a conceptual tool in international, world and global history. Commentary on papers will be provided by specialists from Harvard and beyond. The conference will conclude with a plenary session, at which several leading scholars in the field of international & world history will discuss broad issues pertaining to the theme of the conference.