October 10 (Thursday): Kenneth Pomeranz

East Asia in World History Roundtable Series (Part 1 of 3):

Histories in a Less National Age

American Historical Association Presidential Address, 2013 (draft)

Kenneth Pomeranz

University Professor of Modern Chinese History and in the College

 

Roundtable Discussants:

Dipesh Chakrabarty  Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor

Paul Cheney  Associate Professor of European History

Date: October 10, 2013

Time: 4 – 6 pm

Venue: John Hope Franklin Room (Social Sciences 224)

 

Some highlights from the roundtable discussion:

Paul Cheney, “It’s the principle of variation that counts, not the scales!” (quoted from Jacques Revel’s contribution to his edited volume Jeux d’échelles.)

Professor Chakrabarty commenting.

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