The Queen's Global History Initiative is hosting a monthly virtual workshop on the history of the British empire, in its global dimensions. We are interested in a wide range of geographies, themes, and approaches that investigate the history of the British empire as it shaped and was shaped by global processes.
The 2025 workshops are organized by Alex Martinborough, Michael Borsk, and Elyse Bell. For more information, to join the mailing list, or to request the paper and Zoom link for these workshops, please email alex.martinborough@queensu.ca
Winter 2025 Workshop Schedule
Catherine Evans, "Everyone鈥檚 Afraid of Grand Turk Lightning: Incediarism and Colonialism in the Turks and Caicos Islands, 1865-1986".
Catherine Evans is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Department of Criminology.
Wednesday, February 12 @ 2:00pm
To attend, please email alex.martinborough@queensu.ca and request the Zoom link.
Kris Manjapra, "The Young Subaltern School: A Phonic History"
Over the period of ten years, I recorded oral history with major figures who contributed to Subaltern Studies and to adjacent projects in 1970s and 1980s critical thought. Together, the oral histories point to the importance of institutions, personal relations, and urban space in forging new formations of knowledge after the fall of formal empire. In this presentation, I share the key findings of this postcolonial intellectual history, interspersed with excerpts from interviews with Ranajit Guha, Gayatri Chakravarty-Spivak, Partha Chatterjee, and others.
Presentation by , followed by conversations with Amitava Chowdhury.
Tuesday, March 4: 5:30-7:00pm, Watson 517
This is a hybrid event. Please email alex.martinborough@queensu.ca to request the Zoom link.
Please note that there is no paper circulation for this event.
Kate Reeve, 鈥淲idow Property: Leasing 鈥業ndian Land鈥 in Canada鈥.
Kate Reeve is a PhD Candidate in the History Department at Columbia University.
Wednesday, March 12 @ 4:00pm
To attend, please email alex.martinborough@queensu.ca and request the Zoom link.
Christopher Baldwin, 鈥淐hains of Captivity: The Atlantic Odyssey of the St. James Shipmates鈥.
Chris Baldwin is a Simmons Center/JCB Joint Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University.
Wednesday, April 9 @ 3:00pm.
To attend, please email alex.martinborough@queensu.ca and request the Zoom link.
Elyse Bell, 鈥淭he Eassons and Empire: Familial Networks in the 18th and 19th Century British Atlantic鈥.
Elyse Bell has a PhD in history from 成人大片 and is a research affiliate of the Queen's Global History Initiative.
Wednesday, May 14 @ 3:00pm.
To attend, please email alex.martinborough@queensu.ca and request the Zoom link.